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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. What area did Hades reign?
(a) The heavens.
(b) The land.
(c) The underworld.
(d) The ocean.

2. Who in Hindu was the father of the Hindi 12 gods?
(a) Indra.
(b) Kash-Yappa.
(c) Mercury.
(d) Anatolia.

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

4. Sitchin thought that Akkad, a kingdom, predated Assyria by how years?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 1000.
(c) 2000.
(d) 5000.

5. Why was Anu's son cast from heaven?
(a) For stealing from his father, Anu.
(b) For killing his brother Ea.
(c) For raping Ninlil (Sud).
(d) For mistreating animals.

Short Answer Questions

1. From 11,000 B.C. to 5,000 B.C., what happened to mankind?

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

3. Sitchin also claimed that the Sumerians were responsible for the invention of ___________ and ___________.

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

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

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