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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 did Sitchin credit the Neflim with?

2. Why was Anu's son cast from heaven?

3. What Hittite god was like the Greek god Zeus?

4. What is an apin?

5. Where does Gilgamesh rule?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Sitchin think that there were 12 planets in the solar system?

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

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

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

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

7. What do Sumerian texts describe Pluto as?

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

9. 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?

10. What subjects does the 12TH PLANET cover?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

1. Why was it important for ancient communities to create gods and goddesses?

2. How did gods, goddesses and rituals help people to understand their lives and the mysterious world surrounding them?

Essay Topic 3

1. Sitchin described the gods as being able to eat, breathe, and die.

2. Explain how these gods different from Christian, Islamic, and Jewish gods who cannot be healed.

3. How does this make Sitchin's gods more relatable? How does the realization of death among many people cause them to become more "human."

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