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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 brings the Greeks in contact with the Persians in 331 B.C.?
(a) Alexander the Macedonian conquered the Persians.
(b) Cleopatra.
(c) Ur the conqueror.
(d) Alexander the Great.

2. Why does Sitchin assume that gods "had flight" or liked to fly?
(a) They had special submarines that could fly out of water.
(b) They were often depicted with wings.
(c) They drew many pictures of birds.
(d) They wore parachutes.

3. What type of orbit is the above planet on?
(a) A circular orbit.
(b) A square orbit.
(c) An elliptical orbit.
(d) An oblong orbit.

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

5. In Sumerian belief, who may go to heaven?
(a) No one goes to heaven.
(b) Animals.
(c) Men and gods.
(d) Plants.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Sumerians knew to use this substance as a disinfectant.

2. What planet eventually becomes one of Earth's moons?

3. Who was Marduk?

4. What did the Sumerians believe Pluto was?

5. Gravitational pull from what planet pulls Marduk?

(see the answer key)

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