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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tablet 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What other name does Enkidu call the courtesan?
(a) Ninsun
(b) A prostitute
(c) Ishtar
(d) A queen

2. What is a recension?
(a) A time when water recedes after a flood
(b) A time of economic depression
(c) A revision of a text
(d) A period of extreme famine

3. What does the variegated roller yell?
(a) Kappi
(b) Help Me
(c) Kappapoi
(d) Love Me

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

5. What is Enkidu transformed into in order to journey to the underworld?
(a) A bear
(b) A dog
(c) A bird
(d) A wolf

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gilgamesh check to see if Enkidu is still alive?

2. What does the courtesan use to clothe Enkidu?

3. What do the people of Uruk do with the axe in Gilgamesh's dream?

4. Gilgamesh is ____________, while Enkidu is _____________.

5. Including animals, how many lovers does Gilgamesh say that Ishtar has had?

(see the answer key)

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