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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tablet 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the bull of heaven do on his third snort?
(a) Attack Enkidu
(b) Kill Ishtar
(c) Attack Gilgamesh
(d) Kill five hundred men

2. How far does Enkidu say the cedar forest extends?
(a) Ten thousand miles
(b) A distance of ten thousand double-hours
(c) One hundred acres
(d) A thousand acres

3. What happens to those who go to the cedar forest?
(a) Weakness overtakes them
(b) They are turned to stone
(c) Humbaba eats them
(d) The gate burns them

4. What is the name of the barmaid who dwells by the sea?
(a) Siduri
(b) Suriana
(c) Sidartha
(d) Suri

5. Ishtar asks her father to give her ______________.
(a) An army
(b) The bull of heaven
(c) Humbaba's soul
(d) The key to the underworld

Short Answer Questions

1. How many double hours does Gilgamesh travel before finding light?

2. Who dreams the night of the heroes feast?

3. Who guards the mountain?

4. When Gilgamesh spurns Ishtar, from whom does the goddess ask for help?

5. What does Ishtar turn the gardener into?

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