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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Sumer: Land of the Gods.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Sitchin believe that human beings must have come from some other planet?
(a) Earth was created later than humans.
(b) Sitchin actually thought Earth was perfect for human development.
(c) Venus has a much more stable atmosphere for humans.
(d) To Sitchin there is a gap in evolutionary history.

2. Where did An or Anu live?
(a) In his mother's womb.
(b) In the heavens.
(c) In the forest.
(d) In the underworld.

3. In Chapter 4, which god (and son of Anu) was revealed to have created man and ruled from Nippur?
(a) Ea.
(b) Sud.
(c) Enlil.
(d) Ninlil.

4. Who was the engineer responsible for man's creation?
(a) Enlil.
(b) Enki.
(c) Ninlil.
(d) Anu

5. What was found in Shanidar cave?
(a) 100,000 year old skeletons of a family.
(b) 87,000 year old skeletons of a family.
(c) 44,000 year old skeletons of a family.
(d) 55,000 year old skeletons of a family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who in Hindu was the father of the Hindi 12 gods?

2. How many base numbers were in the Sumerian number system?

3. Who became Anu's lover after 555 B.C.?

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

5. Surprisingly, what were Greek gods subjected to?

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