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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Gilgamesh speedily going?
(a) Utnapishtim
(b) Ubara-Tutu
(c) Urukali
(d) Shamash

2. How many pits did Ishtar dig for the lion?
(a) Seven and yet seven
(b) Ten
(c) Fifty
(d) Forty

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

4. What do Gilgamesh and Enkidu do after killing the bull of heaven?
(a) Cut off its head
(b) Buried the carcass
(c) Cut out its heart
(d) Threw the horns into the river

5. How does Enkidu feel about the journey into the forest?
(a) He is excited to get out of Uruk.
(b) He plans to kill Humbaba himself.
(c) He is worried about the quest.
(d) He hopes to see the shepherds again.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the barmaid who dwells by the sea?

2. What does the mountain watch over?

3. Who is Utnapishtim?

4. The elders tell Gilgamesh that he is young and __________ has carried him away in proposing to battle Humbaba.

5. What does Ishtar say Gilgamesh's goats shall bear?

(see the answer key)

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