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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. Who was the engineer responsible for man's creation?
(a) Enki.
(b) Enlil.
(c) Ninlil.
(d) Anu

2. Who in Hindu was the father of the Hindi 12 gods?
(a) Anatolia.
(b) Kash-Yappa.
(c) Indra.
(d) Mercury.

3. Who became Anu's lover after 555 B.C.?
(a) Nanna.
(b) Inanna.
(c) Ninlil.
(d) Hera.

4. Who did El's son Baal (or Elyon) die fighting?
(a) His brother, Yam.
(b) Enki, his uncle.
(c) Enlil.
(d) Anu, his father.

5. Which god replaced Hades in the 12 ruling Olympian Gods?
(a) Mercury.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Aphrodite.
(d) Hera.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Iannna marry?

2. Why couldn't Enki become successor of Anu's throne?

3. Who excavated a cave called Shanidar in Kurdish territory in 1957?

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

5. The Sumerians knew to use this substance as a disinfectant.

(see the answer key)

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