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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tablet 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the courtesan use to clothe Enkidu?
(a) The skins of animals
(b) One of the shepherds cloaks
(c) Half of her own garment
(d) Leaves from the forest

2. What is the name of the god to whom Ninsun prays?
(a) Shamash
(b) Egalmah
(c) Shamain
(d) Saecean

3. What does Enkidu have knowledge of after being with the woman?
(a) God
(b) Good and Evil
(c) The world
(d) Man

4. What is a talent?
(a) An ability a person has to perform well
(b) A unit of measure equalling about sixty pounds
(c) A type of sword
(d) A unit for measuring length

5. Gilgamesh's dreams are an example of what kind of narrative technique?
(a) Foreshadowing
(b) Theme
(c) Characterization
(d) Style

Short Answer Questions

1. What university in Pennsylvania owns a large portion of the Gilgamesh tablets?

2. What is the name of the temple where Gilgamesh and Enkidu go to pray?

3. What does Gilgamesh say will happen if Humbaba kills him?

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

5. What things do the shepherds teach Enkidu?

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