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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tablet 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gilgamesh thinks he is entitled to do what with new brides?
(a) Spend the night with them
(b) Keep them as slaves
(c) Kiss them before the groom does
(d) Toast at their wedding

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

3. What happens when Gilgamesh and Enkidu fight?
(a) Gilgamesh kills Enkidu.
(b) Enkdiu takes the new bride for himself.
(c) They become friends because they are equals.
(d) Enkidu kills Gilgamesh.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days would it take a mortal man to travel as far as Gilgamesh and Enkidu cover in fifty double hours?

2. How many goblets of strong drink does Enkidu drink after the courtesan teaches him to drink properly?

3. In Gilgamesh's second dream what does he see?

4. How many dreams does Gilgamesh have on the journey to the forest?

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

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