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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. In Chapter 38, how did Hancock observe the Great Pyramid?

2. According to Chapter 32, what is the convergence of global myths evidence of?

3. What is a fourth element of the author's thesis in Chapter 52?

4. How did Hancock explore the Great Pyramid in Chapter 37?

5. What did Jane Sellers discover using myths?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the connection between the Mayans and modern astrologers?

2. What accounts for differing ideas of when the Sphinx was built?

3. What message did Hancock wish to send to mankind in Chapter 52?

4. Why did the Greeks build the Great Pyramid with engineering accuracy, whose costs seem to far exceed any benefit?

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

6. Why did specialists misinterpret or ignore Bauval's discovery as evidence of an ancient civilization?

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

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

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

10. What is eccentricity?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was Hancock's belief about the meaning ascribed to ancient myths and legends?

Essay Topic 2

Why were Hancock and others so concerned with the exact dates in which things occurred, and with challenging those dates when new evidence was brought forth?

Essay Topic 3

How did Hancock think seemingly primitive peoples like the Nazcans managed to develop an understanding of astronomy, as evidenced by the spider drawing that parallels the Orion constellation?

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