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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Humbaba's mouth and breath are like what?
(a) Fire and death
(b) Death and thunder
(c) Fire and Lightening
(d) A cave and hell

2. What does the variegated roller yell?
(a) Love Me
(b) Help Me
(c) Kappi
(d) Kappapoi

3. What happens to those who go to the cedar forest?
(a) The gate burns them
(b) Humbaba eats them
(c) They are turned to stone
(d) Weakness overtakes them

4. What is a recension?
(a) A period of extreme famine
(b) A time when water recedes after a flood
(c) A revision of a text
(d) A time of economic depression

5. Who appointed Humbaba protector of the forest?
(a) Ninsun
(b) Enlil
(c) Anu
(d) Shamash

Short Answer Questions

1. How far does Enkidu say the cedar forest extends?

2. What is the name of the mountain to where Gilgamesh travels?

3. How do Gilgamesh and Enkidu establish their friendship?

4. What did Ishtar turn the shepherd into?

5. Who do the elders send to protect Gilgamesh?

(see the answer key)

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