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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, The Nefilim: People of the Fiery Rockets.

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

2. In Etana's stories, what does Sitchin relate to an eagle?
(a) Pilots.
(b) Another bird.
(c) Air plane engineers.
(d) Astronauts.

3. Who did Iannna marry?
(a) No one.
(b) Enki's son, Enlil.
(c) Enki's son, Dumuzi.
(d) Her own brother, Ea.

4. Who are the Neflim?
(a) An advanced being that inhabited Shar.
(b) A vicious type of prehistoric animal.
(c) The people of Nefia.
(d) A lizard.

5. What is cuneiform?
(a) The earliest known form of writing.
(b) The Cuni way of life.
(c) A language.
(d) A uniform worn by the gods.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was Yam resurrected by?

3. In Sitchin's opinion, what did the gods try to help the Babylonian people in the biblical story about the Tower of Babel?

4. Where does Gilgamesh rule?

5. Sitchin thought that the uses of this substance was evidence of advanced knowledge of chemistry and medicine, including brain surgery.

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