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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the mountain watch over?
(a) The tides of the sea
(b) The people of Uruk
(c) The rising and setting of the sun
(d) The rising and setting of the moon

2. Who dreams the night of the heroes feast?
(a) Enkidu
(b) Ishtar
(c) The shepherds
(d) Gilgamesh

3. To whom does Gilgamesh tell Enkidu's dream?
(a) Ishtar
(b) Shamash
(c) The shepherds
(d) Ninsun

4. Gilgamesh is afraid he will die in what?
(a) Old age
(b) A feast
(c) Disgrace
(d) Battle

5. How many goblets of strong drink does Enkidu drink after the courtesan teaches him to drink properly?
(a) Two
(b) Sixteen
(c) Seven
(d) Ten

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is Utnapishtim?

4. What type of demons will pull Gilgamesh's chariot?

5. What is a talent?

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