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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 Enkidu tell Gilgamesh is guarding the Cedar Forest?
(a) A pack of angry wolves
(b) A great angel with a sword
(c) A demon named Humbaba
(d) The shepherds watch over the forest

2. What does Gilgamesh want to do in the Cedar Forest?
(a) Cut down all the trees
(b) Learn to live with the animals like Enkidu
(c) To meet the shepherds
(d) Go hunting

3. Who does Gilgamesh's mother pray to for protection for her son?
(a) The god of the forest
(b) Humbaba
(c) The sun god
(d) Enkidu

4. How many hours do Gilgamesh and Enkidu walk in one day?
(a) twenty-five double hours
(b) thirty double hours
(c) twenty double hours
(d) Fifty double hours

5. What do the people of Uruk do with the axe in Gilgamesh's dream?
(a) Use it to kill Gilgamesh
(b) Celebrate around it
(c) Bury it
(d) Throw it in the river

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the woman called who seduces Enkidu?

2. What happens when Gilgamesh and Enkidu fight?

3. What type of drink is Enkidu used to drinking?

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

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

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