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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tablet 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Gilgamesh's mother tell him the two dreams mean?
(a) That the city of Uruk will fall
(b) That a companion is coming to help Gilgamesh
(c) That his death is imminent
(d) That he will have a son

3. Where is Enkidu raised?
(a) Uruk
(b) In a city full of Gilgamesh's enemies
(c) With the gods
(d) The wilderness

4. Gilgamesh is ____________, while Enkidu is _____________.
(a) rash, humble
(b) A man, A woman
(c) young, old
(d) humble, rash

5. What do the people of Uruk say about Enkidu when they first see him?
(a) He is very hairy.
(b) He stronger than Gilgamesh.
(c) He is shorter than Gilgamesh.
(d) He is taller than Gilgamesh.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the gods create Enkidu?

2. Why does Enkidu go to a celebration in Uruk?

3. What does Gilgamesh say will happen if Humbaba kills him?

4. How long are Enkidu and the woman together?

5. What falls to the earth in Gilgamesh's dream?

(see the answer key)

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