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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tablet 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Gilgamesh know something is wrong with Enkidu?
(a) Enkidu cries
(b) Gilgamesh sees Enkidu pounding a wall
(c) Ninsun has a dream about Enkidu
(d) Enkidu tells Shamash

2. How many hours do Gilgamesh and Enkidu walk in one day?
(a) twenty double hours
(b) thirty double hours
(c) Fifty double hours
(d) twenty-five double hours

3. What things do the shepherds teach Enkidu?
(a) To stalk and kill animals
(b) To eat, talk and behave as people in the city do
(c) To tend sheep
(d) To fight like a soldier

4. Irkalla is the queen of what?
(a) The underworld
(b) The sea
(c) The heavens
(d) The forest

5. How long are Enkidu and the woman together?
(a) An hour
(b) One night
(c) A fortnight
(d) A week

Short Answer Questions

1. Gilgamesh is afraid he will die in what?

2. Who appointed Humbaba protector of the forest?

3. To whom do the people of Uruk pray?

4. Who does Gilgamesh ask to bring him a dream? Or another reference for Shamash?

5. At what time of night does Gilgamesh awaken Enkidu to tell him about his dream?

(see the answer key)

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