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

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) Use it to kill Gilgamesh
(c) Celebrate around it
(d) Bury it

2. How does Gilgamesh say that Enkidu's paralysis will end?
(a) By sacrificing to Shamash
(b) By bathing in the Euphrates river
(c) By killing Humbaba
(d) If they go into the forest together

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

4. What does Enkidu forget when he is sitting before the courtesan?
(a) The courtesan's name
(b) Where he was born
(c) Who his parents are
(d) His own name

5. Gilgamesh's dreams are an example of what kind of narrative technique?
(a) Theme
(b) Foreshadowing
(c) Characterization
(d) Style

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What will supposedly make Enkidu lose his power?

3. Who interprets Gilgamesh's dreams?

4. What happens when Gilgamesh and Enkidu fight?

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

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