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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tablet 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far does Enkidu say the cedar forest extends?
(a) Ten thousand miles
(b) A distance of ten thousand double-hours
(c) One hundred acres
(d) A thousand acres

2. What is the name of the city Gilgamesh builds?
(a) Ruku
(b) Uruk
(c) Urukali
(d) Ukur

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

4. What type of drink is Enkidu used to drinking?
(a) The milk of wild animals
(b) Cow's milk
(c) The wine drunk in the city
(d) Water from a stream

5. Who do the elders send to protect Gilgamesh?
(a) Enkidu and Gilgamesh's mother
(b) The Shepherds
(c) Enkidu
(d) Twenty men from Uruk

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to those who go to the cedar forest?

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

3. What does the courtesan use to clothe Enkidu?

4. What does Gilgamesh want to do in the Cedar Forest?

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

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