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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Descent of Ishtar to the Underworld.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Ereshkigal?
(a) Queen of the mountains.
(b) Goddess of the earth.
(c) Queen of the Underworld.
(d) Goddess of the sun.

2. What Greek goddess is heavily connected to Ishtar?
(a) Aphrodite.
(b) Persephone.
(c) Artemis.
(d) Athena.

3. 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 was asked to intervene by Belet-ili.
(d) He wanted to be sure that the new race of humans would worship him.

4. Of what is Ishtar's father the god?
(a) The seas.
(b) The earth.
(c) The moon.
(d) The sun.

5. How does Ellil first punish mankind in the story of Atrahasis?
(a) He sends a flood.
(b) He orders a drought.
(c) He ignores their prayers for children.
(d) He unleashes the Sebitti.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what tradition where these myths originally related?

2. How does Good-Looks save Ishtar from Kurnugi?

3. How does Ut-napishtium prove to Gilgamesh how many days the latter man slept?

4. How many gates must one pass through to reach Kurnugi?

5. What reason does the author give for noting similarities between these myths and other, well-known stories?

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