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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Gods of Heaven and Earth.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Sitchin believe that human beings must have come from some other planet?
(a) Earth was created later than humans.
(b) Venus has a much more stable atmosphere for humans.
(c) Sitchin actually thought Earth was perfect for human development.
(d) To Sitchin there is a gap in evolutionary history.

2. Who was Yam resurrected by?
(a) Cronos.
(b) Teshub.
(c) Horites.
(d) Anat.

3. In 12TH PLANET, what was Zecharia Sitchin's main argument?
(a) Sumerian myths of a pantheon of gods are facts.
(b) We are all aliens.
(c) He was a descendant of Jesus.
(d) There were (at one time) 15 planets in our solar system.

4. In Sitchin's estimation, Sumer was an incredibly advanced civilization that lasted for __________.
(a) 900 years.
(b) 700 years.
(c) 1000 years.
(d) 650 years.

5. What brings the Greeks in contact with the Persians in 331 B.C.?
(a) Alexander the Macedonian conquered the Persians.
(b) Alexander the Great.
(c) Ur the conqueror.
(d) Cleopatra.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sitchin thought that Akkad, a kingdom, predated Assyria by how years?

2. What Hittite god was like the Greek god Zeus?

3. Sitchin revealed that who occupied Israel, Lebanon, and Syria in Chapter 3?

4. In the Sudden Civilization, what does Sitchin use as a historical source to prove Sumer's relationships with its Gods?

5. What culture shared similarities to the Hittite gods?

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