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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens at that moment?
(a) He awakes.
(b) He calls for his mother.
(c) He falls asleep.
(d) He dies.

2. How does the story of Gilgamesh begin?
(a) With an account of how Gilgamesh becomes King.
(b) With the story of Gilgamesh's birth.
(c) With an account of the geography of his world.
(d) With the story of how Gilgamesh gained immortality.

3. Why is Enkidu enchanted by the young girl?
(a) She is very beautiful.
(b) She is the first woman he has ever seen.
(c) She reminds him of a gazelle.
(d) She is the first human he has ever seen.

4. Over whom does Anu hesitate to take the side of the common people?
(a) The King.
(b) The other gods.
(c) Ishtar.
(d) The elders.

5. Of what is Anu god?
(a) Love.
(b) The skies.
(c) The sea.
(d) The earth.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does King Gilgamesh surprise his people, regarding this person?

2. As he nears the Temple of Ishtar, what happens beside him?

3. What is a city of fine houses, magnificent temples, marketplaces, and groves of trees?

4. With the mothers robbed of their sons and the young girls of their lovers, what do the city elders decide to do?

5. Who robs a young hunter's traps?

(see the answer key)

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