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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Landing on Planet Earth.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many base numbers were in the Sumerian number system?
(a) 100.
(b) 10.
(c) 30.
(d) 60.

2. What did the clay tablet at Nineveh contain?
(a) Letters from one lover to another.
(b) Astronomical symbols an repeated symbols.
(c) Instructions on building a space ship.
(d) Words of wisdom from the gods.

3. Sitchin thought that the uses of this substance was evidence of advanced knowledge of chemistry and medicine, including brain surgery.
(a) Jelly.
(b) Oil.
(c) Natural gas.
(d) Petroleum.

4. What does GIlgamesh loose on his way back from heaven?
(a) A youth-giving plant.
(b) His father's soul.
(c) His own soul.
(d) His jewels for his wife.

5. Where was the Babylonian creation story written?
(a) On a long scroll.
(b) On a pot.
(c) In a deep cave wall.
(d) On seven tablets.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Babylonian New Year celebrations copy?

2. Because Sumerian seemed to have the first schools, a 2-house legislature, historian, written code of law, and legal reform, Sitchin thought that Sumer must have been ______.

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

4. In Chapter 4, which god (and son of Anu) was revealed to have created man and ruled from Nippur?

5. Sitchin also claimed that the Sumerians were responsible for the invention of ___________ and ___________.

(see the answer key)

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