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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. How many major Sumerian gods are there?
(a) 7 male and 7 female.
(b) 6 male and 6 female.
(c) 13 total.
(d) 18 total.

2. Sitchin believed that the stories of Sumerian gods were _________.
(a) Made up by kings and queens.
(b) Not at all true.
(c) Challenged by other cultures.
(d) Specific accounts of the creation of planets.

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

4. Why was Anu's son cast from heaven?
(a) For stealing from his father, Anu.
(b) For raping Ninlil (Sud).
(c) For mistreating animals.
(d) For killing his brother Ea.

5. Where does Gilgamesh rule?
(a) Sumer.
(b) Ur.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Uruk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Enki's Adapa try to go the gain eternal life?

2. What culture shared similarities to the Hittite gods?

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

4. In Chapter 4, which god (and son of Anu) was revealed to have created man and ruled from Nippur?

5. In Sumerian belief, who may go to heaven?

(see the answer key)

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