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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, The Epic of Creation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What planet eventually becomes one of Earth's moons?
(a) Apsu.
(b) Shar.
(c) Kingu.
(d) Cylon.

2. How did Zeus gain his power?
(a) Defeated his own father.
(b) Defeated a serpentine with his two brothers.
(c) Killed Hades.
(d) Killed all the other gods.

3. To Sitchin, the chemical makeup and beginnings of life on Earth imply ____________.
(a) That humans are the greatest life ever created.
(b) That Earth is a terrible place to live.
(c) There were more animals than humans in ancient times.
(d) That life may have come from elsewhere.

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

5. Why don't stars have gods?
(a) Stars are unlivable places.
(b) Stars have their own gods.
(c) Stars are too far away for godly visits.
(d) Stars are hostile environments.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did El's son Baal (or Elyon) die fighting?

2. What area did Hades reign?

3. How did Sitchin interpret the Babylonian creation story?

4. In Sitchin's opinion, what did the gods try to help the Babylonian people in the biblical story about the Tower of Babel?

5. Where does Gilgamesh rule?

(see the answer key)

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