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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tablet 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many days and nights does the storm rage?
(a) Seven days and Seven nights
(b) Six days and Seven nights
(c) Ten days and Ten Nights
(d) Forty days and Forty nights

2. What does the mountain watch over?
(a) The tides of the sea
(b) The rising and setting of the sun
(c) The people of Uruk
(d) The rising and setting of the moon

3. What does Enkidu do with the animals he finds in the woods?
(a) Frees them from traps
(b) Captures them to sell in the city
(c) Teaches them to attack Gilgamesh
(d) Kills them for the fur

4. Who arises to rob Gilgamesh in Line 7 of Column 2?
(a) The people of Uruk
(b) Urshanabi
(c) Shamash
(d) An evil foe

5. What does the old man tell Gilgamesh when he reaches the opposite shore?
(a) That everyone dies
(b) That Utnapishtim is not there
(c) That Gilgamesh is trapped in the underworld
(d) That Gilgamesh must die in order to bring Enkidu back to life

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gilgamesh see when he steps into the light?

2. What do the people of Uruk do with the axe in Gilgamesh's dream?

3. Gilgamesh's dreams are a realization of his personal what?

4. Where do Gilgamesh and Enkidu first meet?

5. How does Gilgamesh check to see if Enkidu is still alive?

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