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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Does Gilgamesh agree to this?
(a) At first.
(b) No.
(c) Yes.
(d) Maybe.

2. Of what does Gilgamesh remind her?
(a) There are no more monsters to be killed.
(b) Every lover she has ever taken has been destroyed.
(c) He loves Enkidu.
(d) He cannot enter the underworld.

3. What does Ishtar do after watching the two victors for a time as they bathe and rest?
(a) She approaches Gilgamesh and threatens great punishment.
(b) She admires them.
(c) She leaves them alone.
(d) She approaches Enkidu and threatens great punishment.

4. As he nears the Temple of Ishtar, what happens beside him?
(a) Ishtar joins him on his walk.
(b) Endiku appears.
(c) The earth collapses.
(d) A double-sided axe slices by and buries itself in the pavement .

5. In three days, what have Gilgamesh and Enkidu done?
(a) They have returned to the forest.
(b) They have reached the massive cedar gate that leads the way to Humbaba.
(c) They ahve enjoyed days of festivities.
(d) They have completed the wall.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the story of Gilgamesh begin?

2. What is this dream, according to Gilgamesh's mother?

3. What happens as Harim leads Enkidu into Uruk?

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

5. Watching the battle between Humbaba and the two friends, what happens to the goddess Ishtar?

(see the answer key)

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