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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. Why couldn't Enki become successor of Anu's throne?
(a) He and Anu had a fight.
(b) He was not Anu's legitimate son.
(c) He disobeyed his father too often.
(d) He did not marry who is father had wanted him to.

2. What Sumerian word means "the location of the planets?"
(a) Lubad.
(b) Sud.
(c) Me.
(d) Mu.

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

4. Why did Enki's son, Gibil, assist Enki in the Southern hemisphere where mining was prevalent?
(a) Gibil wanted to make his father proud.
(b) He already lived in the southern hemisphere.
(c) Gibil was the god of smelting.
(d) His father demanded he help.

5. Which god took control and protected Larak?
(a) Sippar.
(b) Ninurta.
(c) Larsa.
(d) Nannar.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Anu feel towards the Anunnaki that attempted a rebellion?

2. What did Sitchin suggest that "shar" meant?

3. In Sitchin's estimation, Sumer was an incredibly advanced civilization that lasted for __________.

4. Where did An or Anu live?

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 ______.

(see the answer key)

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