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

2. In chapter five, what Sumerian ancient art did Sitchin see depicted?
(a) Helicopters.
(b) Spaceships.
(c) Planes.
(d) Rocket ships.

3. In Sitchin's estimation, how many years ago was mankind "refreshed"?
(a) 6,000 years ago.
(b) 11,000 years ago.
(c) 20,000 years ago.
(d) 80,000 years ago.

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

5. Before Copernicus, what did the Greeks and Romans think about the universe?
(a) Earth was flat.
(b) Earth was the only planet.
(c) The heavens moved around a flat Earth.
(d) Earth was in a solar system.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many base numbers were in the Sumerian number system?

2. In Chapter 4, which god (and son of Anu) was revealed to have created man and ruled from Nippur?

3. Because Sumerian seemed to have the first schools, a 2-house legislature, historian, written code of law, and legal reform, Sitchin thought that Sumer must have been ______.

4. Why were there 12 gods, signs, and months in a year?

5. To Sitchin, the chemical makeup and beginnings of life on Earth imply ____________.

(see the answer key)

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