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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Ninsun?
(a) Enkidu's wife
(b) Gilgamesh's wife
(c) Enkidu's mother
(d) Gilgamesh's mother

2. What other people try to discourage Gilgamesh from undertaking his voyage to engage Humbaba?
(a) His mother
(b) The shepherds
(c) The woman
(d) The elders of Uruk

3. Humbaba's mouth and breath are like what?
(a) A cave and hell
(b) Fire and Lightening
(c) Death and thunder
(d) Fire and death

4. What do the people of Uruk do with the axe in Gilgamesh's dream?
(a) Celebrate around it
(b) Use it to kill Gilgamesh
(c) Bury it
(d) Throw it in the river

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Enkidu tell Gilgamesh is guarding the Cedar Forest?

2. What does Enkidu forget when he is sitting before the courtesan?

3. Gilgamesh is ____________, while Enkidu is _____________.

4. What is the name of the city Gilgamesh builds?

5. What will supposedly make Enkidu lose his power?

(see the answer key)

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