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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the word "Nefilim" mean?

2. Why did Sitchin believe that human beings must have come from some other planet?

3. According to Sitchin, the domestication of animals occurred during what time?

4. How was Sitchin able to relate Greek civilization to Hebrew civilization and trace the history of Western civilization?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Sumerian texts describe Pluto as?

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

3. Why was the number 12 extremely important to the Nefilim?

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

5. Summarize Sitchin's theory on the creation of the solar system.

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

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

8. 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?

9. What subjects does the 12TH PLANET cover?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1. List and describe the five Ages of Man.

2. Next answer, how are these are these ages similar to the discoveries of the Nefilim?

Essay Topic 2

Is it depressing that Sitchin did not think that the Sumerians were capable of the advancement on their own?

How is this similar to Western Imperialism that many Western cultures imposed on other cultures?

Is Sitchin sure that the Sumerians could not have been advanced because they were supposedly "primitive" people?

Essay Topic 3

1. Answer this question using your own view points:

How could the Nefilim, who Sitchin consider extremely advanced species, be so alike human beings in looks, emotions, and actions?

2. Now, answer the same question as if you were Zecharia Sitchin.

3. Next, examine the differences in the answers. Is your Sitchin's made up answer less rooted in reality?

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