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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Landing on Planet Earth.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the clay tablet at Nineveh contain?
(a) Letters from one lover to another.
(b) Words of wisdom from the gods.
(c) Astronomical symbols an repeated symbols.
(d) Instructions on building a space ship.

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

3. 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 space ship.
(b) A rocket.
(c) A jet pack.
(d) A sail boat.

4. What is an apin?
(a) A religious structure.
(b) A type of building.
(c) A pyramidal tower.
(d) A secret code.

5. What Sumerian god was the Earth planet-god?
(a) Enki.
(b) Nanna.
(c) Ran.
(d) Enlil.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who became Anu's lover after 555 B.C.?

2. Who was the engineer responsible for man's creation?

3. What brings the Greeks in contact with the Persians in 331 B.C.?

4. How many base numbers were in the Sumerian number system?

5. What did the Sumerians believe Pluto was?

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