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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. How did Sitchin interpret the Babylonian creation story?
2. What type of orbit is the above planet on?
3. Surprisingly, what were Greek gods subjected to?
4. 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 ______.
5. Why don't stars have gods?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is 12 an important number for Sumerians?
2. Who is Anu?
3. Why did Sitchin think that there were 12 planets in the solar system?
4. Where else does Sitchin say he sees evidence of his version of the creation story?
5. How did Sitchin present Sumer in Chapter 2?
6. Where did Sitchin think that most of the advancements in technology came from (region and time frame)?
7. What does Sitchin believe existed before the language Akkadian?
8. Why does Marduk feel pressure from the other planets in the solar system?
9. How did Sitchin trace the Persians to Babylon and Assyria?
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
Is it depressing that Sitchin did not think that the Sumerians were capable of the advancement on their own?
How is this similar to Western Imperialism that many Western cultures imposed on other cultures?
Is Sitchin sure that the Sumerians could not have been advanced because they were supposedly "primitive" people?
Essay Topic 3
In what ways does Sitchin attempt to prove that his theories on mankind, the solar system, gods, creationism are correct?
List different ways and then analyze why and how Sitchin is successful at proving the validity of his argument.
If you do not believe he was effective, state why.
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