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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tablet 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Ninsun?
(a) Enkidu's wife
(b) Gilgamesh's wife
(c) Enkidu's mother
(d) Gilgamesh's mother

2. Enkidu curses three people/things as he lies dying. Who are they?
(a) Shamash, Ninsun, Ishtar
(b) The gate, the trapper, the courtesan
(c) The shepherds, Humbaba, the courtesan
(d) Gilgamesh, Ishtar, Ninsun

3. What did Gilgamesh think would bring Enkidu back to life?
(a) A journey to Utnapishtim
(b) His lamenting
(c) The great statue
(d) A sacrifice to the gods

4. Who does Siduri say is the only person able to cross the sea to Utnapishtim?
(a) No one
(b) Enkidu
(c) Shamash
(d) The other gods

5. Where do Gilgamesh and Enkidu first meet?
(a) In the woods
(b) In the temple
(c) At the marketplace
(d) At the river

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to those who go to the cedar forest?

2. How many double hours does Gilgamesh travel before finding light?

3. Why does Gilgamesh say his appearance is so ragged?

4. What does Gilgamesh put over Enkidu when he is dead?

5. How many days would it take a mortal man to travel as far as Gilgamesh and Enkidu cover in fifty double hours?

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