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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. What culture shared similarities to the Hittite gods?
(a) Babylonians.
(b) Greeks.
(c) Canaanites.
(d) Sumerians.
2. What is an apin?
(a) A type of building.
(b) A pyramidal tower.
(c) A religious structure.
(d) A secret code.
3. Who was Kash-Yappa's son?
(a) Teshub.
(b) Indra.
(c) Cronos.
(d) Anu.
4. What was found in Shanidar cave?
(a) 44,000 year old skeletons of a family.
(b) 100,000 year old skeletons of a family.
(c) 55,000 year old skeletons of a family.
(d) 87,000 year old skeletons of a family.
5. Gravitational pull from what planet pulls Marduk?
(a) Pluto.
(b) Neptune.
(c) Saturn.
(d) Uranus.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why couldn't Enki become successor of Anu's throne?
2. Sitchin found evidence of prior knowledge of the solar system in what cultures?
3. Sitchin believed that the stories of Sumerian gods were _________.
4. Why did Sitchin believe that human beings must have come from some other planet?
5. In Chapter 4, which god (and son of Anu) was revealed to have created man and ruled from Nippur?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Sitchin classify the Sumerian gods?
2. What impact does Aphrodite, the goddess of love, have on the gods and goddesses for ancient Greece?
3. Where else does Sitchin say he sees evidence of his version of the creation story?
4. What subjects does the 12TH PLANET cover?
5. What do Sumerian texts describe Pluto as?
6. 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?
7. How did humans attempt to go to the heavens and see the gods.
8. Describe the Greek god Zeus and how he came to power.
9. How did Sitchin present Sumer in Chapter 2?
10. Enki and Enlil were brothers and sons of Anu. Describe their personalities.
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