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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What eclipses even the entry of the wild man?
(a) An important event taking place in the city.
(b) An attack by a neighboring city.
(c) A day of celebration.
(d) The sun.

2. What does Ninsun ask the god Shamash?
(a) If her son will finally settle down.
(b) If her son will become immortal.
(c) How her son might find Enkidu.
(d) How her son can forget Enkidu.

3. How are Gilgamesh and Urshanabi greeted back to Uruk?
(a) With anger and fear.
(b) With reluctance and trepidation.
(c) With great celebration and curiosity.
(d) With sadness and regret.

4. What does Sabitu do after exiting her house?
(a) She looks for Gilgamesh's ancestor.
(b) She offers Gilgamesh food and wine and a place to sit.
(c) She calls for the gods.
(d) She sends Gilgamesh away.

5. Gilgamesh must traverse the deep caverns beneath the Mountains of Mashu in order to reach whom?
(a) Siva.
(b) Shiva.
(c) Utnapishtim.
(d) Shamash.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the two decide to rest and sleep?

2. Who blesses Utnapishtim and his wife, making them immortal?

3. How does the scorpion man's wife reply?

4. For how long do the two companions grapple with the beast?

5. What does one of the scorpion-men do upon seeing Gilgamesh?

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