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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 is the first human he has ever seen.
(d) She reminds him of a gazelle.

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

3. How does the goddess Ishtar feel about what has taken place?
(a) She is beside herself with saddness.
(b) She is besider herself with happiness.
(c) She is beside herself with rage.
(d) She is besider herself with anxiety.

4. Of what does Chapter Nine mark the beginning?
(a) The third episode of the epic of Gilgamesh.
(b) The second episode of the epic of Gilgamesh.
(c) The third episode of the epic of Enkidu.
(d) The second episode of the epic of Enkidu.

5. How do the citizens feel about Enkido's behavior?
(a) Worried.
(b) Appalled.
(c) Excited.
(d) Angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is done with the entrails?

2. When Harim enters the forest, by what is she charmed?

3. With the return of the two heroes, what happens in Uruk?

4. What does this god ask Gilgamesh?

5. What does Sabitu do after exiting her house?

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