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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Enkidu have knowledge of after being with the woman?
(a) God
(b) Good and Evil
(c) Man
(d) The world

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

3. What is another name for Humbaba?
(a) Shamash
(b) Enkidu
(c) Ninsun
(d) Watchman of the forest

4. How does Gilgamesh know something is wrong with Enkidu?
(a) Enkidu cries
(b) Ninsun has a dream about Enkidu
(c) Gilgamesh sees Enkidu pounding a wall
(d) Enkidu tells Shamash

5. What do the people of Uruk do with the axe in Gilgamesh's dream?
(a) Use it to kill Gilgamesh
(b) Bury it
(c) Celebrate around it
(d) Throw it in the river

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a recension?

2. What is the woman called who seduces Enkidu?

3. What university in Pennsylvania owns a large portion of the Gilgamesh tablets?

4. What happens to Enkidu's hand when he tries to open the gate?

5. By what phrase does Enkidu refer to Ninsun?

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