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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Cities of the Gods.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is "Mu" often mistranslated as?
(a) "Nice."
(b) "Name."
(c) "New."
(d) "Never."

2. How long were the great Sumerian rulers?
(a) 500,000 years.
(b) 1,000,000 years.
(c) 700,000 years
(d) 432,000 years.

3. Where was the gods' world?
(a) The otherworld.
(b) The solar system.
(c) The underworld.
(d) The heavens.

4. Who was the Greek Uranus overthrown by?
(a) Horites.
(b) Sumer.
(c) Cronos.
(d) Teshub.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which god was in charge of Bad-Tibura, the industrial center where Inanna and Utu were born?

2. Where did An or Anu live?

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

4. Who was Yam resurrected by?

5. In Sumerian belief, who may go to heaven?

(see the answer key)

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