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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. 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 sail boat.
(b) A rocket.
(c) A space ship.
(d) A jet pack.

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

3. How many base numbers were in the Sumerian number system?
(a) 10.
(b) 30.
(c) 60.
(d) 100.

4. Why did Sitchin believe that human beings must have come from some other planet?
(a) Venus has a much more stable atmosphere for humans.
(b) Sitchin actually thought Earth was perfect for human development.
(c) Earth was created later than humans.
(d) To Sitchin there is a gap in evolutionary history.

5. Why were there 12 gods, signs, and months in a year?
(a) To correspond with the solar system comprised of 12 planets.
(b) There were only 11 of each.
(c) The Sumerians had 12 pieces of land separated by water.
(d) Their king believed in the number 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Kash-Yappa's son?

2. Sitchin thought that the uses of this substance was evidence of advanced knowledge of chemistry and medicine, including brain surgery.

3. In Sitchin's estimation, how many years ago was mankind "refreshed"?

4. What did Sitchin credit the Neflim with?

5. What Sumerian word means "the location of the planets?"

Short Essay Questions

1. Name some of the inventions that Sitchin believed the Sumerians were responsible for.

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

3. Who is Anu?

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

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

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

7. What subjects does the 12TH PLANET cover?

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

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

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

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