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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far down does the mountain reach?
(a) The top of the temple in Uruk
(b) The otherside of the world
(c) The bottom of the sea
(d) Into the Underworld

2. How many days would it take a mortal man to travel as far as Gilgamesh and Enkidu cover in fifty double hours?
(a) Three weeks
(b) A month and fifteen days
(c) A week
(d) Twelve days

3. Who did Gilgamesh get to kiss Enkidu's feet?
(a) The princes of the earth
(b) Ishtar
(c) Shamash
(d) The gods

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

5. Humbaba asks Gilgamesh to not do what to him?
(a) Cut down all the trees
(b) Banish him from the forest
(c) Burn the forest down
(d) Kill him

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the axe and meteorite signify in relationship to Enkidu?

2. What presumably is written on the scribes tablet in the underworld?

3. What does the bull of heaven do on his third snort?

4. How many layers of armor has Humbaba put on when Gilgamesh and Enkidu arrive at the gate to the forest?

5. Gilgamesh is ____________, while Enkidu is _____________.

(see the answer key)

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