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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tablet 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the god to whom Ninsun prays?
(a) Saecean
(b) Egalmah
(c) Shamash
(d) Shamain

2. What does the courtesan use to clothe Enkidu?
(a) The skins of animals
(b) Half of her own garment
(c) One of the shepherds cloaks
(d) Leaves from the forest

3. Who appointed Humbaba protector of the forest?
(a) Anu
(b) Shamash
(c) Enlil
(d) Ninsun

4. What is stilled into silence when the men behold the forest?
(a) The wind
(b) Humbaba's words
(c) Their voices
(d) The sound of the gods

5. By what phrase does Enkidu refer to Ninsun?
(a) Mighty princess
(b) Wild cow
(c) Queen of men
(d) goddess of the sky

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gilgamesh say that Enkidu's paralysis will end?

2. What happens when Gilgamesh and Enkidu fight?

3. How many goblets of strong drink does Enkidu drink after the courtesan teaches him to drink properly?

4. What does Gilgamesh's mother tell him the two dreams mean?

5. Where do Gilgamesh and Enkidu first meet?

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