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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a city of fine houses, magnificent temples, marketplaces, and groves of trees?
(a) Babylon.
(b) Emar.
(c) Uruk.
(d) Larsa.

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

3. Does Anu agree to Ishtar's request?
(a) No.
(b) Yes.
(c) Not initially.
(d) Yes, at first.

4. What do the elders request of Enkidu?
(a) He must accompany Gilgamesh.
(b) He must leave the city.
(c) He must talk to the gods.
(d) He must stop Gilgamesh.

5. What must Gilgamesh do for Ishtar?
(a) Visit the underworld.
(b) Kill Enkidu.
(c) Kill another monster.
(d) Marry her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Into what does Enkidu eventually force Gilgamesh?

2. In his dream, what is Gilgamesh doing?

3. What does Ishtar ask her father Anu to create?

4. What is done with the carcass of the beast?

5. The people over which Gilgamesh rules as king possess what?

(see the answer key)

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