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

2. According to the manuscript at the Bodleian Library at Oxford, who ordered the Great Pyramid built?

3. When was Our Inheritance of the Great Pyramid published?

4. Some of the statues of Easter Island weighed as much as how many tons?

5. What do the natives of Easter Island call their land, even today?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the first attempt to reach extraterrestrials via radio signals.

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

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

6. What is the legend of Quetzalcoatl?

7. What does von Däniken make of the majority of UFO sightings? What does he say of the minority?

8. How is the stone relief of the Mayans described in Chapter 9?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the Mahabharata? Where did it originate and when? What examples from this text does von Däniken refer to specifically and why?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Describe the Epic of Gilgamesh. Where did it originate? With what other myths or theologies does it overlap? Why does von Däniken refer to it?

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