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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the gods create Enkidu?
(a) To kill Gilgamesh
(b) To spend time with the woman
(c) To rule Uruk
(d) To balance Gilgamesh's weaknesses

2. What does Gilgamesh's mother tell him the two dreams mean?
(a) That a companion is coming to help Gilgamesh
(b) That he will have a son
(c) That his death is imminent
(d) That the city of Uruk will fall

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

4. How does Gilgamesh know something is wrong with Enkidu?
(a) Ninsun has a dream about Enkidu
(b) Enkidu tells Shamash
(c) Enkidu cries
(d) Gilgamesh sees Enkidu pounding a wall

5. What is another name for Humbaba?
(a) Ninsun
(b) Enkidu
(c) Watchman of the forest
(d) Shamash

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Enkidu forget when he is sitting before the courtesan?

2. How many dreams does Gilgamesh have on the journey to the forest?

3. To whom do the people of Uruk pray?

4. What is the name of the god to whom Ninsun prays?

5. In Gilgamesh's second dream what does he see?

(see the answer key)

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