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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tablet 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Line 42 at the end of Tablet 4 is called what kind of line?
(a) A catch-line
(b) A culminating line
(c) A final-line
(d) A imaginary line

2. What presumably is written on the scribes tablet in the underworld?
(a) Gilgamesh's name
(b) Utnapishtim's name
(c) Shamash's name
(d) Enkidu's name

3. How does Enkidu react to Gilgamesh's dreams?
(a) He has similar dreams
(b) He says he fears they will come true
(c) He interprets them positively
(d) He says they mean nothing

4. Who notices Gilgamesh's beauty after he has cleaned himself?
(a) Enkidu
(b) Shamash
(c) Ishtar
(d) Humbaba

5. Who appointed Humbaba protector of the forest?
(a) Anu
(b) Ninsun
(c) Shamash
(d) Enlil

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Gilgamesh and Enkidu do after killing the bull of heaven?

2. To whom do the people of Uruk pray?

3. How does Gilgamesh finally know that Enkidu is dead?

4. What does Gilgamesh do before Shamash each time they stop?

5. What do the eight winds do to Humbaba?

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