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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. Besides gracing the Sumerian people with his presence, what else did Sitchin bestow upon the Sumerian people?
(a) Education and schools.
(b) The right of rulership and kingship.
(c) Creations of fish.
(d) The ability to write great stories.

2. What culture shared similarities to the Hittite gods?
(a) Greeks.
(b) Canaanites.
(c) Babylonians.
(d) Sumerians.

3. Surprisingly, what were Greek gods subjected to?
(a) Killing one another.
(b) Resurrection.
(c) Injury and death.
(d) Petty emotions.

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

5. What does GIlgamesh loose on his way back from heaven?
(a) His own soul.
(b) His jewels for his wife.
(c) His father's soul.
(d) A youth-giving plant.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where was the Babylonian creation story written?

3. Who was Marduk?

4. What was found in Shanidar cave?

5. Along with the sun and the moon, what is the 12th object in the solar system?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why is Sitchin so sure that human life could not have begun on Earth?

5. Who is Anu?

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. Why is 12 an important number for Sumerians?

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

9. How did humans attempt to go to the heavens and see the gods.

10. What did Ralph Solecki's 1957 discovery

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