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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to those who go to the cedar forest?
(a) Weakness overtakes them
(b) They are turned to stone
(c) The gate burns them
(d) Humbaba eats them

3. In Gilgamesh's second dream what does he see?
(a) An angel
(b) A burning bush
(c) An axe
(d) A lion

4. Why do the gods create Enkidu?
(a) To rule Uruk
(b) To balance Gilgamesh's weaknesses
(c) To spend time with the woman
(d) To kill Gilgamesh

5. What do the axe and meteorite signify in relationship to Enkidu?
(a) They predict how he will die
(b) They are weapons Gilgamesh will use to destroy Uruk
(c) They are elements of the relationship between Enkidu and Gilgamesh
(d) They are weapons Enkidu will use to kill Gilgamesh

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Enkidu not like living in the city?

3. How does Gilgamesh know something is wrong with Enkidu?

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

5. Who appointed Humbaba protector of the forest?

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