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

2. In Etana's stories, what does Sitchin relate to an eagle?
(a) Pilots.
(b) Astronauts.
(c) Another bird.
(d) Air plane engineers.

3. To Sitchin, what were decorative rosettes on Sumerian temples?
(a) Symbols for the solar system.
(b) Lovely artwork.
(c) Symbols for the gods.
(d) People's names written decoratively.

4. Sitchin believed that the stories of Sumerian gods were _________.
(a) Specific accounts of the creation of planets.
(b) Challenged by other cultures.
(c) Not at all true.
(d) Made up by kings and queens.

5. In Sitchin's opinion, what did the gods try to help the Babylonian people in the biblical story about the Tower of Babel?
(a) A space ship.
(b) A jet pack.
(c) A sail boat.
(d) A rocket.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sitchin also claimed that the Sumerians were responsible for the invention of ___________ and ___________.

2. In Chapter 6, what did Sitchin reveal that only the Nefilim needed to know?

3. Surprisingly, what were Greek gods subjected to?

4. How did Sitchin interpret the Babylonian creation story?

5. In chapter five, what Sumerian ancient art did Sitchin see depicted?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What subjects does the 12TH PLANET cover?

3. What was the literal translation of "mu" that Sitchin develops?

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

5. How did Sitchin present Sumer in Chapter 2?

6. What impact does Aphrodite, the goddess of love, have on the gods and goddesses for ancient Greece?

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

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

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

10. What did Ralph Solecki's 1957 discovery

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