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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How does Enkidu react to Gilgamesh's dreams?
(a) He has similar dreams
(b) He interprets them positively
(c) He says he fears they will come true
(d) He says they mean nothing

4. How many layers of armor does Humbaba usually wear?
(a) Ten
(b) One
(c) Six
(d) Seven

5. What type of drink is Enkidu used to drinking?
(a) Cow's milk
(b) Water from a stream
(c) The milk of wild animals
(d) The wine drunk in the city

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Gilgamesh's dreams are an example of what kind of narrative technique?

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

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

5. Why does Enkidu go to a celebration in Uruk?

(see the answer key)

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