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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tablet 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Gilgamesh and Enkidu fight?
(a) Enkidu kills Gilgamesh.
(b) They become friends because they are equals.
(c) Gilgamesh kills Enkidu.
(d) Enkdiu takes the new bride for himself.

2. Ishtar asks her father to give her ______________.
(a) Humbaba's soul
(b) The bull of heaven
(c) The key to the underworld
(d) An army

3. Why do the gods create Enkidu?
(a) To spend time with the woman
(b) To rule Uruk
(c) To balance Gilgamesh's weaknesses
(d) To kill Gilgamesh

4. How will Gilgamesh dress after Enkidu's burial?
(a) In Enkidu's old clothes
(b) In leaves and twigs
(c) In new garments
(d) He will grow long hair and wear a lion skin

5. What are the names of the two kings Enkidu identifies in the underworld?
(a) Ninsun and Sumuqan
(b) Etana and Enlil
(c) Etana and Sumuqan
(d) Sumuqan and Thorazi

Short Answer Questions

1. Enlil decrees that which man shall die?

2. This person is created to keep Gilgamesh occupied.

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

4. When Gilgamesh spurns Ishtar, from whom does the goddess ask for help?

5. What do Gilgamesh and Enkidu do after killing the bull of heaven?

(see the answer key)

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