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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens at that moment?
(a) He awakes.
(b) He calls for his mother.
(c) He falls asleep.
(d) He dies.

2. What should Gilgamesh not do?
(a) Walk the streets or approach the Temple of Ishtar.
(b) Be near Endiku.
(c) Leave his home.
(d) Speak to Ishtar.

3. What is the greatest danger to this city?
(a) Earthquakes.
(b) Floods.
(c) The god Anu.
(d) The monster Humbaba.

4. Why do the hunter and his father head to the city?
(a) To complain about Gilgamesh's behavior.
(b) To find someone to kill Enkidu.
(c) To report the matter to the King.
(d) To find a god to help them.

5. The people over which Gilgamesh rules as king possess what?
(a) Many possessions.
(b) Only one god.
(c) A vast pantheon of gods.
(d) Magical powers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Does Enkidu agree to take part in this adventure?

2. What does Ninsun ask her son to do?

3. The slightest touch of what waters causes immediate death?

4. How does the young girl feel when she sees the man?

5. What ensues between these two men?

(see the answer key)

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