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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, The Twelfth Planet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 4, which god (and son of Anu) was revealed to have created man and ruled from Nippur?
(a) Enlil.
(b) Ea.
(c) Ninlil.
(d) Sud.

2. Who was Marduk?
(a) He became the primary god of Babylon.
(b) A mean ruler of Babylon.
(c) A cruel father of Anu.
(d) The father of Zeus.

3. Who was Yam resurrected by?
(a) Anat.
(b) Cronos.
(c) Teshub.
(d) Horites.

4. Who was the engineer responsible for man's creation?
(a) Ninlil.
(b) Enki.
(c) Anu
(d) Enlil.

5. Sitchin believed that the stories of Sumerian gods were _________.
(a) Challenged by other cultures.
(b) Made up by kings and queens.
(c) Not at all true.
(d) Specific accounts of the creation of planets.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sitchin found evidence of prior knowledge of the solar system in what cultures?

2. In Sitchin's estimation, how many years ago was mankind "refreshed"?

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

4. What culture shared similarities to the Hittite gods?

5. Before Copernicus, what did the Greeks and Romans think about the universe?

(see the answer key)

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