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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Ishtar turn the shepherd into?
(a) A tree
(b) A Wolf
(c) A sheep
(d) Dirt

2. How many winds come against Humbaba?
(a) Eight
(b) Two
(c) Five
(d) Ten

3. When does Gilgamesh begin mourning for Enkidu?
(a) At morning's first glimmer
(b) At sunset
(c) At midnight
(d) At noon

4. Who guards the mountain?
(a) Another demon like Humbaba
(b) A three headed dog
(c) The scorpion people
(d) A pack of werewolves

5. Who pulls Gilgamesh from under the toppled mountain in his dream?
(a) A unique man
(b) Shamash
(c) Enkidu
(d) A wolf

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. Who reminds Gilgamesh of his boast in Uruk?

3. What other name does Enkidu call the courtesan?

4. What is Enkidu transformed into in order to journey to the underworld?

5. How does Gilgamesh say that Enkidu's paralysis will end?

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