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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many goblets of strong drink does Enkidu drink after the courtesan teaches him to drink properly?
(a) Two
(b) Ten
(c) Seven
(d) Sixteen

2. What does Humbaba do to make Gilgamesh afraid?
(a) Roars
(b) Strikes him with a sword
(c) Spews fire
(d) Changes his face

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

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

5. What is another phrase for sleep?
(a) The long goodbye
(b) The time of the gods
(c) The outpouring of the night
(d) The long kiss goodnight

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Line 42 at the end of Tablet 4 is called what kind of line?

3. Humbaba asks Gilgamesh to not do what to him?

4. What will supposedly make Enkidu lose his power?

5. Who does Gilgamesh ask to bring him a dream? Or another reference for Shamash?

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