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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Enkidu go in his dream?
(a) To live with the gods
(b) To the Cedar Forest
(c) Back to the Shepherds
(d) To the house of Irkalla

2. What does Humbaba do to make Gilgamesh afraid?
(a) Roars
(b) Changes his face
(c) Spews fire
(d) Strikes him with a sword

3. Gilgamesh is now afraid of what?
(a) Wild animals
(b) The desert
(c) Death
(d) The forest

4. Enlil decrees that which man shall die?
(a) Enkidu
(b) Ninsun
(c) The Shepherd
(d) Gilgamesh

5. Why does Enkidu not like living in the city?
(a) Because he prefers sleeping outside
(b) Because he feels weak and idle
(c) Because he does not have a house of his own
(d) Because he misses the shepherds

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gilgamesh's mother tell him the two dreams mean?

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

3. What does Enkidu do with the animals he finds in the woods?

4. Gilgamesh thinks he is entitled to do what with new brides?

5. What does Ishtar say Gilgamesh's goats shall bear?

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