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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Sumer: Land of the Gods.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who became Anu's lover after 555 B.C.?
(a) Hera.
(b) Inanna.
(c) Ninlil.
(d) Nanna.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Sitchin believed that the stories of Sumerian gods were _________.

3. How was Sitchin able to relate Greek civilization to Hebrew civilization and trace the history of Western civilization?

4. This planet comes near earth every 3600 years.

5. Why did Sitchin believe that human beings must have come from some other planet?

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