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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Erra, after taking over Marduk's palace, start draining the latter god's power?
(a) He keeps people from worshipping at Marduk's temples.
(b) He drinks Marduk's wine.
(c) He shatters Marduk's sword.
(d) He keeps people from remembering that their god is Marduk.

2. Why is Ea unable to face Tiamat?
(a) He does not wish to kill his mother.
(b) He is afraid of her.
(c) He knows his powers will not affect her.
(d) He is too injured.

3. Because Adapa was mislead by Ea and Anu, what opportunity does he miss?
(a) Divinity.
(b) Eternal life.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) The ability to travel through life and death.

4. What tree grows by Etana's fort?
(a) Poplar.
(b) Maple.
(c) Willow.
(d) Birch.

5. In the Theology of Dunnu, what happens when pieces of the Earth mate?
(a) The skies part.
(b) Another part of Earth is created.
(c) Another part of Earth is destroyed.
(d) The oceans make waves.

Short Answer Questions

1. Fill in the blank: The Herdman God has slain both the Flock God and ______.

2. What does the different reigns of each part of Earth represent?

3. What is significant about the Theology of Dunnu?

4. In the Epic of Creation, what god is killed in order to make man?

5. In the shorter version of Anzu's story from Old Babylonia, where does the story start due to a missing tablet?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Marduk rewarded for his victory over Tiamat?

2. How is Adapa tricked out of becoming immortal?

3. In the story of Etana, what is the arrangement made before Shamash between the eagle and the snake?

4. What is significant about the Mesopotamian culture when reading the Theology of Dunnu?

5. What are the differences between the standard and Old Babylonian versions of the story of Anzu?

6. How does Ishum end Erra's devastation of the world?

7. Of what is the Theology of Dunnu symbolic?

8. How does Ninurta ultimately defeat Anzu?

9. What is the station and functions of Adapa?

10. How does Hayyashum contribute to the making of the world in the Theology of Dunnu?

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