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

Short Answer Questions

1. The perfecting of radar took how many years?

2. Who excavated the bodies of youths and jewelry from the well at Chichen Itza?

3. The observatory at _____ is the first and oldest round building of the Mayas.

4. When did Francisco Pizarro question the Incas about Tiahuanaco?

5. Who is attributed today as the inspirer and builder of the Great Pyramid?

Short Essay Questions

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

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. Who first discovered Easter Island and when? What was their reaction?

4. What does von Däniken write of the Mayan calendar in Chapter 9?

5. In the end of Chapter 9, what artifacts does von Däniken note from around the globe?

6. What risky and controversial subject does von Däniken approach in Chapter 10? How does he approach this?

7. What "side effects" does von Däniken cite in Chapter 10 as valid reasons for space travel?

8. What present-day examples does von Däniken cite for body preservation in Chapter 7?

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

10. What is the established method by which the Egyptian pyramid blocks moved the stone slabs?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss von Däniken's focus on the Mayan people. What is the importance of the Mayan calendar and observatory? Why does von Däniken believe the Mayans disappeared?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the connections between the Easter Island statues and Tiahuanaco. What explanation does von Däniken supply in Chariots of the Gods? Do you agree or disagree? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss what von Däniken writes about in Norse and Greek mythologies. What examples does he hold as evidence in these two regions? Why?

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