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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the Temple of Ishtar, the citizens of Uruk will finally do what?
(a) Destroy the temple.
(b) Ask Ishtar for guidance.
(c) Pray to Ishtar.
(d) Choose a bride for their king, Gilgamesh.

2. According to Ishtar's wishes, what does the creature do?
(a) It cuts a swathe of death and destruction through the streets of Uruk.
(b) It floods the river.
(c) It blocks the sun from reaching the earth.
(d) It chases after Gilgamesh.

3. Upon their arrival, what do they find the citizens doing?
(a) Going about their usual business.
(b) Already passing among themselves excited stories about Enkidu.
(c) Building the wall around the city.
(d) Complaining to the King about Ekidu's behavior.

4. What is the adventure the King proposes?
(a) Traveling to the underworld.
(b) A trip around the world.
(c) Dragon hunting.
(d) Killing the monster Humbaba.

5. What does the girl do when she looks beyond the savagery of this man's appearance to the gentleness of his nature?
(a) She leaves the forest.
(b) She smiles at him.
(c) She goes to Enkidu.
(d) She says hello.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the scorpion-man describe to Gilgamesh?

2. What does Enkidu do when Gilgamesh gathers to him an arsenal of finely wrought weaponry and lays it before his Enkidu's feet?

3. What happens after eleven days and nights of this leg of Gilgamesh's journey?

4. How does the young girl feel when she sees the man?

5. Finally, what do the city elders attempt to do?

(see the answer key)

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