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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Gods of Heaven and Earth.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Sitchin credit the Neflim with?
(a) Advancing humanity and also for the stories of the Great Flood
(b) Creating creative artwork.
(c) Creating the Bible and documenting their inventions.
(d) Killing off prehistoric humans.

2. In Sitchin's estimation, Sumer was an incredibly advanced civilization that lasted for __________.
(a) 900 years.
(b) 650 years.
(c) 1000 years.
(d) 700 years.

3. Why did Sitchin believe that human beings must have come from some other planet?
(a) Venus has a much more stable atmosphere for humans.
(b) Earth was created later than humans.
(c) To Sitchin there is a gap in evolutionary history.
(d) Sitchin actually thought Earth was perfect for human development.

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

5. From 11,000 B.C. to 5,000 B.C., what happened to mankind?
(a) Incredible advancement among humans.
(b) Mankind died off.
(c) Mankind had yet to develop.
(d) Advanced on their own.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. According to Sitchin, who is marked as a follower of God even though he is on Indo-European decent?

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

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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