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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. Who excavated the bodies of youths and jewelry from the well at Chichen Itza?
(a) Andrew Lawrence Fuller.
(b) Edward Herbert Thompson.
(c) James T. Nelson.
(d) Robert Andrew Floyd.

2. How many hours did the first series of experiments in Green Bank, West Virginia last?
(a) 150 hours.
(b) 120 hours.
(c) 140 hours.
(d) 170 hours.

3. Who is quoted in Chapter 8 as saying, "The positive things about the skeptic is that he considers everything possible."
(a) Mars Watson.
(b) James O'Keefe.
(c) Thomas Mann.
(d) Michael Mann.

4. What Dutch astrophysicist determined that CTA 102 must be about 10 billion light years from Earth?
(a) Maarten Schmidt.
(b) Jan Leys.
(c) Leslie Golden.
(d) Arnold Sneider.

5. How many years did it take photography to develop to the stage of a clear picture?
(a) 112.
(b) 120.
(c) 140.
(d) 150.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did the Nautilus experiment end?

2. When did the Mayans abandon their cities and temples?

3. The terrace north of Damascus is a platform built of stone blocks, some of which weigh nearly how many tons?

4. What was the population of cows in India in 1966?

5. If the Egyptians had a daily piece rate of 10 blocks in a stack, they would have built the Great Pyramid in how many years?

Short Essay Questions

1. What expeditions does von Däniken write of in Russia in Chapter 10?

2. What does von Däniken write of telepathy in Chapter 11?

3. What does von Däniken wonder about Egyptian mummification in Chapter 7?

4. What physical and mathematical characteristics of the Egyptian Pyramids does von Däniken discuss in Chapter 7?

5. What does von Däniken theorize happened to the Mayans?

6. What did Heyerdahl discover about the Easter Island statues?

7. Who is Virococha?

8. What connections does von Däniken draw between Easter Island and Tiahuanaco?

9. What does von Däniken say of the scientific community and false abduction stories in Chapter 10?

10. What are some of the issues that von Däniken presents to the established and accepted method of moving blocks to build the Pyramids?

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