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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, The End of All Flesh.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the planet-god of Shar described in Sumerian texts?
(a) Resentful.
(b) Strong and powerful.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Radiant.

2. In Sumerian belief, who may go to heaven?
(a) Men and gods.
(b) No one goes to heaven.
(c) Animals.
(d) Plants.

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

4. While Adapa was developing and before he was born, where did he live?
(a) The belly of a bear.
(b) An incubator.
(c) His spirits waited in the heavens.
(d) In Enlil's wife's womb.

5. In Sitchin's opinion, why didn't "life" need a sun?
(a) The sun is overrated.
(b) Heat is generated by the moon, not the sun.
(c) The sun burns up new life.
(d) A planet could generate its own heat to keep it functioning.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides gracing the Sumerian people with his presence, what else did Sitchin bestow upon the Sumerian people?

2. Where do anthropologists think man first appeared?

3. Sitchin thought that Akkad, a kingdom, predated Assyria by how years?

4. What does the word "Nefilim" mean?

5. How does Neptune quiet the sun?

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