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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, The Creation of Man.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Babylonian New Year celebrations copy?
(a) Sumerian rituals.
(b) Babylonian folklore.
(c) Christian ideals.
(d) Hebrew scriptures.

2. According to Sitchin, the domestication of animals occurred during what time?
(a) Mesolithic period and the Middle Stone Age.
(b) Paleolithic age.
(c) Neolithic period.
(d) Ice Age.

3. What type of planet was Shar?
(a) A water planet.
(b) A fiery planet.
(c) A cold planet.
(d) A planet full of land.

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

5. Sitchin believed that the stories of Sumerian gods were _________.
(a) Challenged by other cultures.
(b) Made up by kings and queens.
(c) Specific accounts of the creation of planets.
(d) Not at all true.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Sumerian god was the Moon planet-god?

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

3. Why couldn't Enki become successor of Anu's throne?

4. Was a god/homo erectus mix the gods first choice?

5. What did the clay tablet at Nineveh contain?

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