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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How do Gilgamesh and Enkidu establish their friendship?
(a) With a handshake
(b) By drinking each other's blood
(c) With a kiss
(d) By announcing their pact in formal court

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

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

5. Who do the elders counsel Gilgamesh to let lead the way?
(a) The gods
(b) The animals
(c) The shepherds
(d) Enkidu

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the people of Uruk do with the axe in Gilgamesh's dream?

2. What is the woman called who seduces Enkidu?

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

4. What does Gilgamesh's mother tell him the two dreams mean?

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

(see the answer key)

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