1. Who was Marduk?
(a) A mean ruler of Babylon.
(b) He became the primary god of Babylon.
(c) The father of Zeus.
(d) A cruel father of Anu.

2. WHat is the Babylonian name for sun?
(a) Apsire.
(b) Su.
(c) Apsu.
(d) Sel.

3. How did Sitchin interpret the Babylonian creation story?
(a) Literally.
(b) The same as other scholars.
(c) Analyzed the story.
(d) He did not believe it occurred.

4. Along with the sun and the moon, what is the 12th object in the solar system?
(a) Pluto.
(b) Nefilim, or Shar.
(c) Uranus.
(d) There is no 12th object.

5. What culture shared similarities to the Hittite gods?
(a) Greeks.
(b) Babylonians.
(c) Canaanites.
(d) Sumerians.

Short Answer Questions

1. Because Sumerian seemed to have the first schools, a 2-house legislature, historian, written code of law, and legal reform, Sitchin thought that Sumer must have been ______.

2. To Sitchin, what is the asteroid belt?

3. Why was Anu's son cast from heaven?

4. Sitchin found evidence of prior knowledge of the solar system in what cultures?

5. How was Sitchin able to relate Greek civilization to Hebrew civilization and trace the history of Western civilization?

(see the answer key)

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