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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Sumer: Land of the Gods.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many major Sumerian gods are there?
(a) 7 male and 7 female.
(b) 18 total.
(c) 6 male and 6 female.
(d) 13 total.

2. What type of orbit is the above planet on?
(a) A circular orbit.
(b) An elliptical orbit.
(c) A square orbit.
(d) An oblong orbit.

3. In Sumerian belief, who may go to heaven?
(a) Plants.
(b) Animals.
(c) Men and gods.
(d) No one goes to heaven.

4. How did Zeus gain his power?
(a) Defeated his own father.
(b) Defeated a serpentine with his two brothers.
(c) Killed all the other gods.
(d) Killed Hades.

5. Sitchin thought that Akkad, a kingdom, predated Assyria by how years?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 5000.
(c) 1000.
(d) 2000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What culture shared similarities to the Hittite gods?

2. Where did An or Anu live?

3. Which god replaced Hades in the 12 ruling Olympian Gods?

4. Who was Yam resurrected by?

5. According to Sitchin, the domestication of animals occurred during what time?

(see the answer key)

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