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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of drink is Enkidu used to drinking?
(a) The milk of wild animals
(b) Cow's milk
(c) Water from a stream
(d) The wine drunk in the city

2. Who intercedes to help Gilgamesh overcome Humbaba?
(a) Shamash
(b) Enlil
(c) Anu
(d) Ninsun

3. How many days does the journey to the Cedar Forest take?
(a) Six days
(b) Six months
(c) One week
(d) One month

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

5. How many dreams does Gilgamesh have on the journey to the forest?
(a) Two
(b) Three or Six
(c) None
(d) Five

Short Answer Questions

1. From where does Gilgamesh's mother say his companion will come?

2. How does Enkidu feel about the journey into the forest?

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

4. How many layers of armor has Humbaba put on when Gilgamesh and Enkidu arrive at the gate to the forest?

5. What does Gilgamesh do before Shamash each time they stop?

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