View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many fixed stars are in our Milky Way, according to von Däniken in Chapter 1?

2. The pre-Incan people believed that the gods came down to them from the constellation of what?

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

4. What well-known scientific writer told von Däniken, "The estimated number of stars in our Milky Way alone amounts to 30 billion"?

5. The first "tourist" photos were radioed to Earth from Mars in the spring of what year?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is von Däniken's central theory in the book as presented in the Introduction and Chapter 1?

2. How are the Egyptians' mythological gods cited by von Däniken as evidence in Chapter 6?

3. What does von Däniken write of the Nordic beliefs in Chapter 6?

4. What is the Mahabharata discussed in Chapter 6?

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

6. What are the Piri Reis maps?

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

8. How are the "Vimanas" described in Chapter 6? What evidence is related to Kunti?

9. Describe the spaceship in Chapter 2.

10. What does von Däniken present the reader with in his Introduction to the book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are von Däniken's feelings toward traditional archeology and the scientific community? Why? How do they view his theories?

Essay Topic 2

Describe von Däniken's hypothesized scenario presented in Chapter 2. What takes place? What is this story a metaphor for?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the mathematical and geographical qualities of the pyramids of Egypt. Why are these of particular importance to von Däniken?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 751 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample