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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many fixed stars are in our Milky Way, according to von Däniken in Chapter 1?
(a) 200 billion.
(b) 20 billion.
(c) 30 billion.
(d) 100 billion.

2. Who created the geometric features in Peru which von Däniken discusses in Chapter 3?
(a) The Mayans.
(b) The Enkidu.
(c) The Eskimos.
(d) The Incas.

3. Whose mythology describes the first tribes brought to the North by gods with brazen wings?
(a) Cherokee.
(b) Mayans.
(c) Eskimos.
(d) Incans.

4. What is the title of Chapter 1?
(a) Are There Intelligent Beings in the Cosmos?
(b) When Our Spaceship Landed on Earth.
(c) Fiery Chariots from the Heavens.
(d) The Improbable World of the Unexplained.

5. Von Däniken asserts that the Piri Reis maps were derived through what?
(a) Telepathy.
(b) Extraterrestrial maps.
(c) Aerial photography.
(d) Extraterrestrial drawings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What figure from the Bible does von Däniken cite from Exodus 15:10 in Chapter 4?

2. How many stars does the telescope of even a small observatory make visible, according to von Däniken in Chapter 1?

3. Who was expecting the angels at the gate in the story of Sodom and Gomorrah?

4. Who worked out the basic rocket equation of space time in Chapter 2?

5. How does time on the hypothetical spaceship of Chapter 2 pass in relation to time on earth?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 1, what question does von Däniken pose? What is his theory for an answer?

2. What does von Däniken cite from Genesis regarding giants in Chapter 4?

3. What are the Piri Reis maps?

4. What are some of the examples in Tiahuanaco that von Däniken presents in Chapter 3?

5. What does von Däniken write of Gilgamesh in reference to the Flood of the Bible?

6. How fast does the rocket in Chapter 2 travel? How?

7. Why would the crew choose the planet they would in the scenario in Chapter 2?

8. What does von Däniken refer to of Ezekiel in the Bible in Chapter 4?

9. What is the Epic of Gilgamesh about in Chapter 5?

10. Describe the spaceship in Chapter 2.

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