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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Gilgamesh and Enkidu fight?
(a) Gilgamesh kills Enkidu.
(b) They become friends because they are equals.
(c) Enkdiu takes the new bride for himself.
(d) Enkidu kills Gilgamesh.

2. Why does Enkidu go to a celebration in Uruk?
(a) To eat at the feast
(b) To dance with the woman
(c) To stop Gilgamesh from sleeping with a new bride
(d) Because he wants to be part of the celebration

3. Who does Gilgamesh ask to bring him a dream? Or another reference for Shamash?
(a) Ea
(b) Ocean
(c) Mountain
(d) Ninsun

4. Who is Ninsun?
(a) Gilgamesh's wife
(b) Enkidu's wife
(c) Gilgamesh's mother
(d) Enkidu's mother

5. Where do Gilgamesh and Enkidu go to contemplate their course of action and interpret Gilgamesh's dreams?
(a) The temple
(b) The plain
(c) The river
(d) The forest

Short Answer Questions

1. How far do Gilgamesh and Enkidu walk each day?

2. Who intercedes to help Gilgamesh overcome Humbaba?

3. What is another name for Humbaba?

4. Who pulls Gilgamesh from under the toppled mountain in his dream?

5. What does the courtesan use to clothe Enkidu?

(see the answer key)

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