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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 planets did Sitchin think that the Sumerians knew of?
(a) Pluto, Uranus, Mars.
(b) Neptune, Pluto, Uranus,
(c) Mars, Neptune, Pluto.
(d) Neptune, Pluto, Uranus.

2. Who excavated a cave called Shanidar in Kurdish territory in 1957?
(a) Ralph Soleck.
(b) Robert Saul.
(c) Randal Sole
(d) Randolph Samms.

3. According to Sitchin, who is marked as a follower of God even though he is on Indo-European decent?
(a) Cyrus, Darius, and Xerxes.
(b) Xerxes and Darius.
(c) Cyrus and Greece.
(d) Grand Lebanon and Darius.

4. Before Copernicus, what did the Greeks and Romans think about the universe?
(a) Earth was the only planet.
(b) The heavens moved around a flat Earth.
(c) Earth was in a solar system.
(d) Earth was flat.

5. In Sitchin's estimation, how many years ago was mankind "refreshed"?
(a) 6,000 years ago.
(b) 20,000 years ago.
(c) 11,000 years ago.
(d) 80,000 years ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which god replaced Hades in the 12 ruling Olympian Gods?

2. What did the gods seem to wear to help them fly?

3. In 12TH PLANET, what was Zecharia Sitchin's main argument?

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

5. In Sitchin's opinion, what did the gods try to help the Babylonian people in the biblical story about the Tower of Babel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Sitchin think the angels of the Bible really were?

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

3. Why is 12 an important number for Sumerians?

4. Enki and Enlil were brothers and sons of Anu. Describe their personalities.

5. What do Sumerian texts describe Pluto as?

6. How did Sitchin trace the Persians to Babylon and Assyria?

7. How did Sitchin present Sumer in Chapter 2?

8. Where did Sitchin believe the Greek gods came from?

9. 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?

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

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