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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who was Yam resurrected by?
(a) Horites.
(b) Anat.
(c) Cronos.
(d) Teshub.
2. What culture shared similarities to the Hittite gods?
(a) Canaanites.
(b) Greeks.
(c) Sumerians.
(d) Babylonians.
3. What is an apin?
(a) A type of building.
(b) A secret code.
(c) A pyramidal tower.
(d) A religious structure.
4. Who are the Neflim?
(a) An advanced being that inhabited Shar.
(b) A vicious type of prehistoric animal.
(c) The people of Nefia.
(d) A lizard.
5. Which planet is Saturn's offspring?
(a) Venus.
(b) Earth.
(c) Pluto.
(d) Neptune.
6. Before Copernicus, what did the Greeks and Romans think about the universe?
(a) Earth was in a solar system.
(b) Earth was flat.
(c) Earth was the only planet.
(d) The heavens moved around a flat Earth.
7. In Sitchin's estimation, Sumer was an incredibly advanced civilization that lasted for __________.
(a) 700 years.
(b) 650 years.
(c) 1000 years.
(d) 900 years.
8. Sitchin thought that the uses of this substance was evidence of advanced knowledge of chemistry and medicine, including brain surgery.
(a) Jelly.
(b) Oil.
(c) Petroleum.
(d) Natural gas.
9. How many base numbers were in the Sumerian number system?
(a) 100.
(b) 30.
(c) 60.
(d) 10.
10. According to Sitchin, the domestication of animals occurred during what time?
(a) Mesolithic period and the Middle Stone Age.
(b) Neolithic period.
(c) Paleolithic age.
(d) Ice Age.
11. To Sitchin, the chemical makeup and beginnings of life on Earth imply ____________.
(a) That life may have come from elsewhere.
(b) That humans are the greatest life ever created.
(c) There were more animals than humans in ancient times.
(d) That Earth is a terrible place to live.
12. What Hittite god was like the Greek god Zeus?
(a) Tashub.
(b) Teshuub.
(c) Tishub.
(d) Tushub.
13. Why were there 12 gods, signs, and months in a year?
(a) Their king believed in the number 12.
(b) To correspond with the solar system comprised of 12 planets.
(c) The Sumerians had 12 pieces of land separated by water.
(d) There were only 11 of each.
14. What planet drew Marduk into the solar system?
(a) Mars.
(b) Saturn.
(c) Neptune.
(d) Uranus.
15. Because Sumerian seemed to have the first schools, a 2-house legislature, historian, written code of law, and legal reform, Sitchin thought that Sumer must have been ______.
(a) More ancient than 4600 years old.
(b) Fictionalized.
(c) Very motivated people.
(d) A community of pretentious people.
Short Answer Questions
1. Sitchin also claimed that the Sumerians were responsible for the invention of ___________ and ___________.
2. What do the older planet-gods promise to Marduk if it can defeat Tiamat?
3. What type of orbit is the above planet on?
4. How many major Sumerian gods are there?
5. What did the gods seem to wear to help them fly?
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