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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. In 12TH PLANET, what was Zecharia Sitchin's main argument?
(a) We are all aliens.
(b) Sumerian myths of a pantheon of gods are facts.
(c) There were (at one time) 15 planets in our solar system.
(d) He was a descendant of Jesus.

2. What Sumerian word means "the location of the planets?"
(a) Lubad.
(b) Sud.
(c) Me.
(d) Mu.

3. To Sitchin, what is the asteroid belt?
(a) Hell.
(b) The only important thing in the universe.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Larger than just our universe.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Sitchin also claimed that the Sumerians were responsible for the invention of ___________ and ___________.

2. Where did An or Anu live?

3. According to Sitchin, the domestication of animals occurred during what time?

4. What did Sitchin suggest that "shar" meant?

5. What natural element was Enki believed to love?

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