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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What Hittite god was like the Greek god Zeus?
(a) Teshuub.
(b) Tushub.
(c) Tishub.
(d) Tashub.

3. What does GIlgamesh loose on his way back from heaven?
(a) A youth-giving plant.
(b) His father's soul.
(c) His jewels for his wife.
(d) His own soul.

4. How was Sitchin able to relate Greek civilization to Hebrew civilization and trace the history of Western civilization?
(a) The ancient Christian Bibles.
(b) The Torah.
(c) Through similarities in language.
(d) Through ancient artifacts.

5. In the Sudden Civilization, what does Sitchin use as a historical source to prove Sumer's relationships with its Gods?
(a) Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints Bible.
(b) The Torah.
(c) The Christian Bible.
(d) The Koran.

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

7. What did the Sumerians believe Pluto was?
(a) A star.
(b) A very mad planet-god.
(c) A moon in Shar's orbit.
(d) A wayward planet.

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

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

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

11. Which god replaced Hades in the 12 ruling Olympian Gods?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Mercury.
(c) Aphrodite.
(d) Hera.

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

13. Sitchin thought that Akkad, a kingdom, predated Assyria by how years?
(a) 1000.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 5000.
(d) 2000.

14. Besides gracing the Sumerian people with his presence, what else did Sitchin bestow upon the Sumerian people?
(a) The right of rulership and kingship.
(b) Creations of fish.
(c) Education and schools.
(d) The ability to write great stories.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Before Copernicus, what did the Greeks and Romans think about the universe?

2. How did Sitchin interpret the Babylonian creation story?

3. In Sitchin's estimation, how many years ago was mankind "refreshed"?

4. Who are the Neflim?

5. What did the Sumerians know the exact dates of in Chapter 6?

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