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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. What Sumerian word means "the location of the planets?"

2. Why does Sitchin assume that gods "had flight" or liked to fly?

3. To Sitchin, what is the asteroid belt?

4. What planet eventually becomes one of Earth's moons?

5. In chapter five, what Sumerian ancient art did Sitchin see depicted?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sitchin believe existed before the language Akkadian?

2. How did Sitchin classify the Sumerian gods?

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

4. Why does Marduk feel pressure from the other planets in the solar system?

5. Enki and Enlil were brothers and sons of Anu. Describe their personalities.

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

7. What was the literal translation of "mu" that Sitchin develops?

8. 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?

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

10. Why was the number 12 extremely important to the Nefilim?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sitchin analyzes a picture of humans surrounding Enki. The humans, Sitchin assumed, were all exactly the same. Sitchin further asserts that Enki wanted man to be different and individual. How does this story of procreation explain the differences in human beings?

Essay Topic 2

Do you think that the Nefilim, as a species, are a symbol for something else?

Did Sitchin really intend to prove that Sumerian alien gods existed or is the 12th Planet a metaphor for a larger mystery?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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