The 12th Planet Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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The 12th Planet Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What planet eventually becomes one of Earth's moons?
(a) Apsu.
(b) Cylon.
(c) Kingu.
(d) Shar.

2. Surprisingly, what were Greek gods subjected to?
(a) Killing one another.
(b) Petty emotions.
(c) Resurrection.
(d) Injury and death.

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

4. What did the Sumerians believe Pluto was?
(a) A star.
(b) A wayward planet.
(c) A very mad planet-god.
(d) A moon in Shar's orbit.

5. Gravitational pull from what planet pulls Marduk?
(a) Pluto.
(b) Saturn.
(c) Neptune.
(d) Uranus.

6. In Chapter 4, which god (and son of Anu) was revealed to have created man and ruled from Nippur?
(a) Ea.
(b) Ninlil.
(c) Sud.
(d) Enlil.

7. Who was Kash-Yappa's son?
(a) Anu.
(b) Cronos.
(c) Teshub.
(d) Indra.

8. In chapter five, what Sumerian ancient art did Sitchin see depicted?
(a) Spaceships.
(b) Rocket ships.
(c) Planes.
(d) Helicopters.

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

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

11. To Sitchin, what were decorative rosettes on Sumerian temples?
(a) Lovely artwork.
(b) Symbols for the gods.
(c) People's names written decoratively.
(d) Symbols for the solar system.

12. According to Sitchin, the domestication of animals occurred during what time?
(a) Paleolithic age.
(b) Mesolithic period and the Middle Stone Age.
(c) Neolithic period.
(d) Ice Age.

13. What does GIlgamesh loose on his way back from heaven?
(a) His jewels for his wife.
(b) A youth-giving plant.
(c) His father's soul.
(d) His own soul.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is cuneiform?

2. What planets did Sitchin think that the Sumerians knew of?

3. To Sitchin, what is the asteroid belt?

4. How did Sitchin reinterpret that Sumerian word "Mu"?

5. What did Sitchin credit the Neflim with?

(see the answer keys)

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