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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far do Gilgamesh and Enkidu walk each day?
(a) 50 miles
(b) As far as another man would walk in a month
(c) 100 miles
(d) 15 miles

2. How does Gilgamesh say that Enkidu's paralysis will end?
(a) By bathing in the Euphrates river
(b) By killing Humbaba
(c) By sacrificing to Shamash
(d) If they go into the forest together

3. What is the name of the temple where Gilgamesh and Enkidu go to pray?
(a) Ninsun
(b) Saechean
(c) Egalmah
(d) Urukai

4. What things do the shepherds teach Enkidu?
(a) To eat, talk and behave as people in the city do
(b) To stalk and kill animals
(c) To tend sheep
(d) To fight like a soldier

5. How many dreams does Gilgamesh have on the journey to the forest?
(a) Two
(b) None
(c) Three or Six
(d) Five

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Enkidu have knowledge of after being with the woman?

3. What does the courtesan use to clothe Enkidu?

4. How does Enkidu feel about the journey into the forest?

5. To whom do the people of Uruk pray?

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