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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Landing on Planet Earth.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Sitchin interpret the Babylonian creation story?
(a) Literally.
(b) The same as other scholars.
(c) Analyzed the story.
(d) He did not believe it occurred.

3. What do the older planet-gods promise to Marduk if it can defeat Tiamat?
(a) Money.
(b) Land.
(c) Power.
(d) Rulership.

4. What was engraved on the Pioneer 10?
(a) Human beings and planets all in a solar system.
(b) How to build a space craft.
(c) A portrait of Inanna.
(d) Pictures of identical humans.

5. What is cuneiform?
(a) A uniform worn by the gods.
(b) The earliest known form of writing.
(c) The Cuni way of life.
(d) A language.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did An or Anu live?

2. The Sumerians knew to use this substance as a disinfectant.

3. What number (counting from outside the solar system) did the Nefilim consider Saturn to be?

4. What did the gods seem to wear to help them fly?

5. Why was Anu's son cast from heaven?

(see the answer key)

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