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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tablet 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Enkidu react to Gilgamesh's dreams?
(a) He says he fears they will come true
(b) He interprets them positively
(c) He says they mean nothing
(d) He has similar dreams

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

3. What does Enkidu forget when he is sitting before the courtesan?
(a) His own name
(b) Where he was born
(c) Who his parents are
(d) The courtesan's name

4. What does Gilgamesh's mother tell him the two dreams mean?
(a) That the city of Uruk will fall
(b) That a companion is coming to help Gilgamesh
(c) That his death is imminent
(d) That he will have a son

5. What other people try to discourage Gilgamesh from undertaking his voyage to engage Humbaba?
(a) The shepherds
(b) The elders of Uruk
(c) His mother
(d) The woman

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Enkidu not like living in the city?

2. How many days does the journey to the Cedar Forest take?

3. How does Gilgamesh say that Enkidu's paralysis will end?

4. What university in Pennsylvania owns a large portion of the Gilgamesh tablets?

5. Where is Enkidu raised?

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