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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Enki give Belet-ili?
(a) Wood.
(b) Clay.
(c) Rock.
(d) Sand.

2. What reasons does Enki give for instructing Antrahasis to build his boat?
(a) He wanted to humiliate Ellil.
(b) He wanted to be sure that there would still be life on earth.
(c) He wanted to be sure that the new race of humans would worship him.
(d) He was asked to intervene by Belet-ili.

3. Who is the king of the old gods?
(a) Marduk.
(b) Ellil.
(c) Ea.
(d) Anu.

4. What is the station of the god or goddess who creates man?
(a) The heart-goddess.
(b) The earth-goddess.
(c) The womb-goddess.
(d) The hearth-goddess.

5. What do Anu and Ellil agree to do for the other gods?
(a) Allow them to switch vocations.
(b) Share their power.
(c) Lighten their workload.
(d) Allow them to marry.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what reason, in the story of Atrahasis, do the gods create man?

2. Why is the author not entirely certain that Atrahasis sent an offering of peace to the gods to stop the flooding?

3. Who do the myths revolve around?

4. How many figures are contained within this book?

5. In what tradition where these myths originally related?

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