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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. Where does Enki's Adapa try to go the gain eternal life?
(a) To Anu.
(b) To the underworld.
(c) To the sea.
(d) To a god higher than Anu.

2. Sitchin found evidence of prior knowledge of the solar system in what cultures?
(a) Mesopotamia, Hittites, Babylonia.
(b) Mesopotamia.
(c) Hittites and Babylonia.
(d) Babylonia.

3. What do the older planet-gods promise to Marduk if it can defeat Tiamat?
(a) Land.
(b) Money.
(c) Power.
(d) Rulership.

4. What is an apin?
(a) A pyramidal tower.
(b) A religious structure.
(c) A type of building.
(d) A secret code.

5. Where does Gilgamesh rule?
(a) Sumer.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Ur.
(d) Uruk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of orbit is the above planet on?

2. Who became Anu's lover after 555 B.C.?

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

4. What planet drew Marduk into the solar system?

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

(see the answer key)

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