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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Anu's son cast from heaven?
(a) For killing his brother Ea.
(b) For raping Ninlil (Sud).
(c) For stealing from his father, Anu.
(d) For mistreating animals.

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

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

4. Who did Iannna marry?
(a) Enki's son, Enlil.
(b) Her own brother, Ea.
(c) Enki's son, Dumuzi.
(d) No one.

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

6. How does Neptune quiet the sun?
(a) Singing to the rest of the universe.
(b) By pouring sleep across the universe.
(c) Leaving the sun alone.
(d) Asking the other planet gods to soothe the son.

7. Who was the engineer responsible for man's creation?
(a) Enki.
(b) Anu
(c) Ninlil.
(d) Enlil.

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

9. Why did Sitchin believe that human beings must have come from some other planet?
(a) To Sitchin there is a gap in evolutionary history.
(b) Venus has a much more stable atmosphere for humans.
(c) Earth was created later than humans.
(d) Sitchin actually thought Earth was perfect for human development.

10. Who are the Neflim?
(a) An advanced being that inhabited Shar.
(b) A lizard.
(c) A vicious type of prehistoric animal.
(d) The people of Nefia.

11. Why couldn't Enki become successor of Anu's throne?
(a) He and Anu had a fight.
(b) He was not Anu's legitimate son.
(c) He did not marry who is father had wanted him to.
(d) He disobeyed his father too often.

12. Who became Anu's lover after 555 B.C.?
(a) Nanna.
(b) Hera.
(c) Ninlil.
(d) Inanna.

13. What planet drew Marduk into the solar system?
(a) Uranus.
(b) Neptune.
(c) Mars.
(d) Saturn.

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

15. How did Zeus gain his power?
(a) Killed Hades.
(b) Defeated his own father.
(c) Defeated a serpentine with his two brothers.
(d) Killed all the other gods.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Hittite god was like the Greek god Zeus?

2. What planets did Sitchin think that the Sumerians knew of?

3. To Sitchin, what were decorative rosettes on Sumerian temples?

4. Where was the Babylonian creation story written?

5. Who was the Greek Uranus overthrown by?

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