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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tablet 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of drink is Enkidu used to drinking?
(a) The milk of wild animals
(b) The wine drunk in the city
(c) Cow's milk
(d) Water from a stream

2. What do the axe and meteorite signify in relationship to Enkidu?
(a) They are weapons Enkidu will use to kill Gilgamesh
(b) They are elements of the relationship between Enkidu and Gilgamesh
(c) They are weapons Gilgamesh will use to destroy Uruk
(d) They predict how he will die

3. What does Enkidu tell Gilgamesh is guarding the Cedar Forest?
(a) A pack of angry wolves
(b) The shepherds watch over the forest
(c) A great angel with a sword
(d) A demon named Humbaba

4. What is another name for the cedar forest?
(a) The dwelling place of the gods
(b) Utnapishtim's stronghold
(c) The home of Shamash
(d) The end of the world

5. Enkidu curses three people/things as he lies dying. Who are they?
(a) The shepherds, Humbaba, the courtesan
(b) Gilgamesh, Ishtar, Ninsun
(c) Shamash, Ninsun, Ishtar
(d) The gate, the trapper, the courtesan

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Enkidu have knowledge of after being with the woman?

2. What do the eight winds do to Humbaba?

3. When does Gilgamesh begin mourning for Enkidu?

4. Gilgamesh is ____________, while Enkidu is _____________.

5. Gilgamesh's dreams are a realization of his personal what?

(see the answer key)

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