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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tablet 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gilgamesh want to do in the Cedar Forest?
(a) Go hunting
(b) Learn to live with the animals like Enkidu
(c) Cut down all the trees
(d) To meet the shepherds

2. What does Gilgamesh say will happen if Humbaba kills him?
(a) Enkidu will have to kill Humbaba.
(b) Gilgamesh will burn down the forest.
(c) Gilgamesh's name will live on forever.
(d) The people of Uruk will hunt down the demon.

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

4. What falls to the earth in Gilgamesh's dream?
(a) A child
(b) The stars
(c) A meteorite
(d) The sun

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Gilgamesh see the ax in his dream?

2. The tale of Gilgamesh is carved on what type of stone?

3. Gilgamesh is ____________, while Enkidu is _____________.

4. What does Enkidu do with the animals he finds in the woods?

5. With whom does Enkidu live?

(see the answer key)

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