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. Which god replaced Hades in the 12 ruling Olympian Gods?
(a) Mercury.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Hera.
(d) Aphrodite.

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

3. How did Sitchin reinterpret that Sumerian word "Mu"?
(a) "To travel."
(b) "To fall."
(c) "Shiny."
(d) "Raidant."

4. According to Sitchin, who is marked as a follower of God even though he is on Indo-European decent?
(a) Cyrus, Darius, and Xerxes.
(b) Xerxes and Darius.
(c) Grand Lebanon and Darius.
(d) Cyrus and Greece.

5. Why were there 12 gods, signs, and months in a year?
(a) The Sumerians had 12 pieces of land separated by water.
(b) To correspond with the solar system comprised of 12 planets.
(c) There were only 11 of each.
(d) Their king believed in the number 12.

6. Sitchin found evidence of prior knowledge of the solar system in what cultures?
(a) Hittites and Babylonia.
(b) Babylonia.
(c) Mesopotamia, Hittites, Babylonia.
(d) Mesopotamia.

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

8. WHat is the Babylonian name for sun?
(a) Su.
(b) Apsire.
(c) Apsu.
(d) Sel.

9. Besides gracing the Sumerian people with his presence, what else did Sitchin bestow upon the Sumerian people?
(a) The ability to write great stories.
(b) The right of rulership and kingship.
(c) Education and schools.
(d) Creations of fish.

10. Which planet is Saturn's offspring?
(a) Neptune.
(b) Earth.
(c) Venus.
(d) Pluto.

11. When did Copernicus discover that the planets move around the sun?
(a) 1600s.
(b) 1700s.
(c) 1500s.
(d) 1400s.

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

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

14. In Sitchin's opinion, what did the gods try to help the Babylonian people in the biblical story about the Tower of Babel?
(a) A rocket.
(b) A sail boat.
(c) A jet pack.
(d) A space ship.

15. Who did Iannna marry?
(a) Enki's son, Dumuzi.
(b) Enki's son, Enlil.
(c) No one.
(d) Her own brother, Ea.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Marduk?

2. Who became Anu's lover after 555 B.C.?

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

4. Surprisingly, what were Greek gods subjected to?

5. What did Sitchin credit the Neflim with?

(see the answer keys)

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