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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Cities of the Gods.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Gilgamesh rule?
(a) Ur.
(b) Uruk.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Sumer.

2. In Sitchin's opinion, what did the gods try to help the Babylonian people in the biblical story about the Tower of Babel?
(a) A rocket.
(b) A sail boat.
(c) A space ship.
(d) A jet pack.

3. Sitchin also claimed that the Sumerians were responsible for the invention of ___________ and ___________.
(a) Dancing and Painting.
(b) Weaving and agriculture.
(c) Cooking and Entertaining guests.
(d) Driving and Singing.

4. What planet eventually becomes one of Earth's moons?
(a) Apsu.
(b) Kingu.
(c) Shar.
(d) Cylon.

5. 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 ______.
(a) Fictionalized.
(b) A community of pretentious people.
(c) Very motivated people.
(d) More ancient than 4600 years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Sitchin, who is marked as a follower of God even though he is on Indo-European decent?

2. What did the Nefilim name the first Earth settlement?

3. How is the planet-god of Shar described in Sumerian texts?

4. Before Copernicus, what did the Greeks and Romans think about the universe?

5. What natural element was Enki believed to love?

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