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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Kash-Yappa's son?
(a) Anu.
(b) Cronos.
(c) Teshub.
(d) Indra.

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

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

4. Sitchin revealed that who occupied Israel, Lebanon, and Syria in Chapter 3?
(a) The Canaanites.
(b) Babylonians.
(c) Sumerians.
(d) Greeks and Romans.

5. How did Sitchin interpret the Babylonian creation story?
(a) Analyzed the story.
(b) The same as other scholars.
(c) Literally.
(d) He did not believe it occurred.

Short Answer Questions

1. This planet comes near earth every 3600 years.

2. Why don't stars have gods?

3. Sitchin found evidence of prior knowledge of the solar system in what cultures?

4. To Sitchin, what is the asteroid belt?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Sitchin think that most of the advancements in technology came from (region and time frame)?

2. Why does Marduk feel pressure from the other planets in the solar system?

3. What do Sumerian texts describe Pluto as?

4. Where else does Sitchin say he sees evidence of his version of the creation story?

5. Why did Sitchin think it was possible for astrologists to be wrong in their assertion that there are only eight planets in the solar system?

6. Who is Anu?

7. Why is 12 an important number for Sumerians?

8. What did Sitchin find proof of in the work of early astronomers from Mesopotamia, Hittites, and Babylonia?

9. What is interesting about the Hittite gods and culture?

10. What was the literal translation of "me" that Sitchin develops?

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