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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. What is described in Chapter 51?
(a) The effects of evolution on the continents.
(b) The effects of ocean displacement on the continents.
(c) The effect of Earth-crust displacement on the continents.
(d) The effects of the Ice Age on the continents.

2. What did the Ancient Egyptians understand well, according to Chapter 42?
(a) The mechanics of building structures.
(b) The mechanics of the solar system.
(c) The mechanics of language.
(d) The mechanics of geometry.

3. How many years is one complete precessional cycle?
(a) 25,160.
(b) 2,160.
(c) 25,920.
(d) 2,920.

4. How many years does it take for the sun to complete one half-degree shift?
(a) 36.
(b) 2,160.
(c) 72.
(d) 25,920.

5. What is a third element of the author's thesis in Chapter 52?
(a) The need to bulldoze modern structures so only old ones remain.
(b) The need to mobilize resources to preserve a remnant for ancestry.
(c) The need to mobilize resources to rebuild ancient civilizations.
(d) The need to protect future generations from knowledge of the past.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is at the base of the Great Pyramid?

2. What did Hancock's researcher conclude in Chapter 50?

3. In Chapter 36, what is a belief mentioned about the tombs?

4. Who were Palermo Stone and Turin Papyrus?

5. What is Earth's axis tilt called?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is eccentricity?

2. What is the obliquity of the ecliptic?

3. Why did Hancock mention his researcher's resignation in Chapter 50?

4. What theory is the focus of Chapter 51?

5. What did the ancient Egyptians mean when they believed the Sphinx guarded the "Splendid Place at the Beginning of All Time"?

6. What explains the fluctuations in Egyptian agriculture, as explored in Chapter 46?

7. What two aspects of the Great Pyramid remain a mystery?

8. Is Hancock's message in Chapter 52 justified, based on the book as a whole?

9. In Chapter 38, how did the Egyptians manage to drill through granite without the necessary tools?

10. Was Jane Sellers correct about the key astronomical numbers playing minor roles in the Osiris myths?

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