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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Gilgamesh is ____________, while Enkidu is _____________.
(a) humble, rash
(b) rash, humble
(c) young, old
(d) A man, A woman

4. In Gilgamesh's second dream what does he see?
(a) An axe
(b) A lion
(c) An angel
(d) A burning bush

5. Where is Enkidu raised?
(a) Uruk
(b) With the gods
(c) The wilderness
(d) In a city full of Gilgamesh's enemies

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a talent?

2. What two things does Enkidu do that make him like a man?

3. How does Gilgamesh say that Enkidu's paralysis will end?

4. What things do the shepherds teach Enkidu?

5. Who does Gilgamesh's mother pray to for protection for her son?

(see the answer key)

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