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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, The Twelfth Planet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 12TH PLANET, what was Zecharia Sitchin's main argument?
(a) There were (at one time) 15 planets in our solar system.
(b) We are all aliens.
(c) Sumerian myths of a pantheon of gods are facts.
(d) He was a descendant of Jesus.

2. 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 ______.
(a) A community of pretentious people.
(b) Very motivated people.
(c) More ancient than 4600 years old.
(d) Fictionalized.

3. Why couldn't Enki become successor of Anu's throne?
(a) He disobeyed his father too often.
(b) He was not Anu's legitimate son.
(c) He did not marry who is father had wanted him to.
(d) He and Anu had a fight.

4. What brings the Greeks in contact with the Persians in 331 B.C.?
(a) Alexander the Great.
(b) Ur the conqueror.
(c) Cleopatra.
(d) Alexander the Macedonian conquered the Persians.

5. How many base numbers were in the Sumerian number system?
(a) 60.
(b) 100.
(c) 10.
(d) 30.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Sitchin's opinion, what did the gods try to help the Babylonian people in the biblical story about the Tower of Babel?

2. To Sitchin, what were decorative rosettes on Sumerian temples?

3. Who was the Greek Uranus overthrown by?

4. Who did Iannna marry?

5. Where does Gilgamesh rule?

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