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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Nergal and Ereshkigal, Babylonian Version and Amarna Version.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Gilgamesh passes through the mountains, what creatures does Gilgamesh mistakenly kill?
(a) The stone creatures.
(b) The Sebitti.
(c) The Gorgons.
(d) The taklimtu.

2. How long does Enki believe the flood will last?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) Forty days and forty nights.
(c) Seven days.
(d) Three years.

3. What reasons does Enki give for instructing Antrahasis to build his boat?
(a) He wanted to be sure that the new race of humans would worship him.
(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 humiliate Ellil.

4. What biblical character is similar to Atrahasis?
(a) Abel.
(b) Noah.
(c) Cain.
(d) Solomon.

5. For whom must Ishtar be exchanged in Kurnugi?
(a) Dumuzi.
(b) Belili.
(c) Ea.
(d) Good-Looks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tool, in this book, explains how these myths came about?

2. Who is the king of the old gods?

3. What do the gods, at the end of Atrahasis's story, amend in every living human?

4. In what tradition where these myths originally related?

5. What section of the book is the table of contents for the book's figures?

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