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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 area of the base of the Great Pyramid divided by twice its height equals what?

2. From where does the jade come in the necklace of Tikal in Guatemala?

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

4. Who was the god-creator in pre-Incan mythology?

5. The stone for the hats of the statues on Easter Island weighed more than how many tons apiece?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is Virococha?

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

6. What is the size of the statues on Easter Island?

7. When did the Mayan evacuation take place? What is strange about this event?

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

9. What conjecture does von Däniken make about the building of the pyramids in Chapter 7?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the Piri Reis maps. Why are these important to von Däniken? What does he assert that the maps prove?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss what von Däniken surmises as the reasons behind Egyptian mummification. What examples does the author cite outside of Egypt of body preservation? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids. What does traditional, mainstream archeology tell us? How does von Däniken's theory differ?

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