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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does one of the scorpion-men do upon seeing Gilgamesh?
(a) He bows down to his King.
(b) He tells him to turn around and go home.
(c) He asks his identity.
(d) He attempts to kill him.

2. What is the adventure the King proposes?
(a) Killing the monster Humbaba.
(b) Traveling to the underworld.
(c) Dragon hunting.
(d) A trip around the world.

3. What is done with the entrails?
(a) They are burnt as an offering to the god Shamash.
(b) They are destroyed.
(c) They are eaten by Gilgamesh and Enkidu.
(d) They are divided among the city's tradesmen.

4. What is the young priestess's worry?
(a) Enkidu will be treated no better than a captive animal.
(b) Enkidu will become violent in town.
(c) Enkidu will be treated like a King.
(d) Enkidu will betray her.

5. What is done with the carcass of the beast?
(a) It is destroyed.
(b) It is burned as an offering to the god Shamash.
(c) It is divided among the city's tradesmen.
(d) It is eaten by Gilgamesh and Enkidu.

Short Answer Questions

1. What eclipses even the entry of the wild man?

2. What does Gilgamesh do for many days and nights?

3. Finally, what do the city elders attempt to do?

4. Gilgamesh must traverse the deep caverns beneath the Mountains of Mashu in order to reach whom?

5. How does the scorpion man's wife reply?

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