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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tablet 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who do the elders send to protect Gilgamesh?
(a) Enkidu and Gilgamesh's mother
(b) Enkidu
(c) Twenty men from Uruk
(d) The Shepherds

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

3. From where does Gilgamesh's mother say his companion will come?
(a) The river
(b) The sky
(c) The gods
(d) The wilderness

4. What is the name of the temple where Gilgamesh and Enkidu go to pray?
(a) Ninsun
(b) Saechean
(c) Egalmah
(d) Urukai

5. What will supposedly make Enkidu lose his power?
(a) Having his hair cut
(b) Fighting a giant
(c) Drinking wine
(d) Being seduced by a woman

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the woman called who seduces Enkidu?

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

3. What falls to the earth in Gilgamesh's dream?

4. What does Gilgamesh want to do in the Cedar Forest?

5. To whom do the people of Uruk pray?

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