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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Enkidu curses the trapper, he wishes that his game will do what?
(a) Turn against him
(b) Kill him
(c) Escape him
(d) Eat his family

2. Who interprets Gilgamesh's dreams?
(a) Enkidu
(b) Shamash
(c) The shepherds
(d) Humbaba

3. How many days does the journey to the Cedar Forest take?
(a) Six months
(b) One month
(c) Six days
(d) One week

4. What presumably is written on the scribes tablet in the underworld?
(a) Shamash's name
(b) Gilgamesh's name
(c) Enkidu's name
(d) Utnapishtim's name

5. What does Enkidu wish he had done to the gate of the Cedar Forest?
(a) Broke it down
(b) Chopped it to pieces
(c) Never touched it
(d) Burned it down

Short Answer Questions

1. How many winds come against Humbaba?

2. Why does Enkidu not like living in the city?

3. How many layers of armor does Humbaba usually wear?

4. What is a talent?

5. What happens to those who go to the cedar forest?

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