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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. Which god loved the water of Earth?

2. What did the Nefilim name the first Earth settlement?

3. Upon arriving on Earth, what did the Nefilim encounter?

4. Who tempted Eve into eating fruit from the Tree of Knowledge?

5. Because he was in love with the Earth's water, what was Enki known as?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the Sumerian story of the Great Flood, how did Enki come to the aide of the humankind?

2. Why did Enlil decide not to prepare the humans for the deluge and great flood?

3. Does Sitchin agree with the validity of animal evolution over the centuries?

4. Where did the gods witness the flood from?

5. Why is Enlil furious that Utnapishtim and his family survived the Great Flood?

6. When the Nefilim landed on Earth, what age was Earth in?

7. Who suggested that the gods create a worker to tend to the mines?

8. Why is the Nefilim planet considered the 12th planet?

9. Why did the Nefilim decide to go back to Earth?

10. How did Sitchin justify his assertions that the gods wanted to use Earth for mines?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Is Sitchin's writing style or tone one of arrogance and smug certainty?

How does a man with little or no scientific education and limited experience translating languages argue with other scholarly experts?

What does this say about Sitchin's personality.

Essay Topic 2

1. Define Creationism.

2. Describe modern day scientific evolution.

3. How does Sitchin's belief intersect the two theories? Also, comment on what resources (theological or scientific) Sitchin used in the 12th Planet.

4. Are the sources reputable?

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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