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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Besides gracing the Sumerian people with his presence, what else did Sitchin bestow upon the Sumerian people?
(a) Creations of fish.
(b) The ability to write great stories.
(c) The right of rulership and kingship.
(d) Education and schools.

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

4. Who was Yam resurrected by?
(a) Cronos.
(b) Teshub.
(c) Anat.
(d) Horites.

5. In the Sudden Civilization, what does Sitchin use as a historical source to prove Sumer's relationships with its Gods?
(a) Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints Bible.
(b) The Christian Bible.
(c) The Torah.
(d) The Koran.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Gilgamesh rule?

2. What is cuneiform?

3. How does Neptune quiet the sun?

4. What do the older planet-gods promise to Marduk if it can defeat Tiamat?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Sitchin believe the Greek gods came from?

2. Why did Sitchin think it was possible for astrologists to be wrong in their assertion that there are only eight planets in the solar system?

3. Where did Sitchin think that most of the advancements in technology came from (region and time frame)?

4. What subjects does the 12TH PLANET cover?

5. What is interesting about the Hittite gods and culture?

6. Summarize Sitchin's theory on the creation of the solar system.

7. How did Sitchin trace the Persians to Babylon and Assyria?

8. Describe the Greek god Zeus and how he came to power.

9. What did Ralph Solecki's 1957 discovery

10. What did Sitchin find proof of in the work of early astronomers from Mesopotamia, Hittites, and Babylonia?

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