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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 is the Babylonian name for sun?

2. To Sitchin, the chemical makeup and beginnings of life on Earth imply ____________.

3. What is "Mu" often mistranslated as?

4. Who did Iannna marry?

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

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

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

4. Who is Anu?

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

6. Why is 12 an important number for Sumerians?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does SItchin's tone change throughout the 12TH PLANET?

Give three different tones he used in the book.

Next, give examples of the stylistic tone.

Essay Topic 2

Do you think that the Nefilim, as a species, are a symbol for something else?

Did Sitchin really intend to prove that Sumerian alien gods existed or is the 12th Planet a metaphor for a larger mystery?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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