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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Gilgamesh's second dream what does he see?
(a) A lion
(b) A burning bush
(c) An axe
(d) An angel

2. What does Gilgamesh want to do in the Cedar Forest?
(a) Cut down all the trees
(b) To meet the shepherds
(c) Learn to live with the animals like Enkidu
(d) Go hunting

3. Who helps Enkidu and Gilgamesh defeat Humbaba?
(a) Shamash
(b) The shepherds
(c) They do not defeat Humbaba.
(d) Animals in the forest

4. Who do the elders send to protect Gilgamesh?
(a) Enkidu and Gilgamesh's mother
(b) Twenty men from Uruk
(c) The Shepherds
(d) Enkidu

5. How many dreams does Gilgamesh have on the journey to the forest?
(a) Three or Six
(b) Five
(c) Two
(d) None

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Gilgamesh and Enkidu go to contemplate their course of action and interpret Gilgamesh's dreams?

2. Who does Gilgamesh ask to bring him a dream? Or another reference for Shamash?

3. What things do the shepherds teach Enkidu?

4. Who interprets Gilgamesh's dreams?

5. From where does Gilgamesh's mother say his companion will come?

(see the answer key)

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