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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. After the flood begins, how do many of the gods feel?

2. What did the Euphrates location provide the Nefilim with?

3. What base was Enlil charged with protecting?

4. Where did the gods live among the humans?

5. Why did Enki's son, Gibil, assist Enki in the Southern hemisphere where mining was prevalent?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did procreation change man-kind?

2. As the gods land on Earth and take a look at what has been done, what did they find?

3. What was Enlil's human son named?

4. How long do the Nefilim live and how often do they visit?

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

6. Where did the gods witness the flood from?

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

8. How did Enlil quickly create more human beings?

9. How did Sitchin describe the approaching planet Marduk?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sitchin has written many books that have mostly been labeled as pseudoscience by the modern scientific community.

Consider the following questions:

- Why do other scholars consider Sitchin's writing to be pseudoscience?

- Do you consider his arguments to be fake science?

- How could Sitchin better defend his work against other scholars?

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

Throughout the book Sitchin describe many gods and goddesses live up to ancient societal gender roles.

Using a god or goddess from the book, give an example of how he or she personifies the stereotype.

Are you using stereotypes that were prevalent in Mesopotamian culture or our society?

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