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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. Von Däniken asserts that Easter Island could not have provided food for more than how many inhabitants?
(a) 500.
(b) 200.
(c) 2,000.
(d) 5,000.
2. The stone for the hats of the statues on Easter Island weighed more than how many tons apiece?
(a) 4.
(b) 20.
(c) 5.
(d) 10.
3. Van Daniken states in Chapter 8 that our accurate knowledge of America is only how many years old?
(a) 1,500.
(b) 500.
(c) 2,000.
(d) 1,000.
4. The distance covered by the Mayans from the territory of the old to the new kingdom measures how many miles?
(a) 250.
(b) 220.
(c) 400.
(d) 100.
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?
(a) 567.
(b) 879.
(c) 664.
(d) 333.
Short Answer Questions
1. The pyramid of Cholula is how many miles south of the Mexican capital?
2. Easter Island is located how many miles off the coast of Chile?
3. Who is quoted in Chapter 8 as saying, "The positive things about the skeptic is that he considers everything possible."
4. The observatory at _____ is the first and oldest round building of the Mayas.
5. What archeologist's investigations of Easter Island produced three clearly distinctive periods?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does von Däniken feel of the attempts to contact outer space in Chapter 11?
2. What are some of the issues that von Däniken presents to the established and accepted method of moving blocks to build the Pyramids?
3. What connections does von Däniken draw between Easter Island and Tiahuanaco?
4. When did the Mayan evacuation take place? What is strange about this event?
5. What does von Däniken theorize happened to the Mayans?
6. What does von Däniken write of the Mayan calendar in Chapter 9?
7. Who is Virococha?
8. What does von Däniken wonder about Egyptian mummification in Chapter 7?
9. What is the "Green Bank Formula"?
10. What is the legend of Quetzalcoatl?
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