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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15, Kingship on Earth.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who became Anu's lover after 555 B.C.?
(a) Inanna.
(b) Hera.
(c) Nanna.
(d) Ninlil.

2. How did Sitchin reinterpret that Sumerian word "Mu"?
(a) "Shiny."
(b) "To travel."
(c) "To fall."
(d) "Raidant."

3. How is the planet-god of Shar described in Sumerian texts?
(a) Radiant.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Resentful.
(d) Strong and powerful.

4. Who was Marduk?
(a) A cruel father of Anu.
(b) The father of Zeus.
(c) A mean ruler of Babylon.
(d) He became the primary god of Babylon.

5. What is "Mu" often mistranslated as?
(a) "Name."
(b) "Nice."
(c) "New."
(d) "Never."

Short Answer Questions

1. Why don't stars have gods?

2. What did the Sumerians know the exact dates of in Chapter 6?

3. Sitchin thought that Akkad, a kingdom, predated Assyria by how years?

4. From 11,000 B.C. to 5,000 B.C., what happened to mankind?

5. What did the Babylonian New Year celebrations copy?

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