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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does Gilgamesh address his lamentions?
(a) Enlil
(b) Shamash
(c) Ninsun
(d) The elders

2. How many layers of armor has Humbaba put on when Gilgamesh and Enkidu arrive at the gate to the forest?
(a) Six
(b) One
(c) Ten
(d) Seven

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

4. What do the eight winds do to Humbaba?
(a) Blow him into the sea
(b) Immobilize him
(c) Blow him to the underworld
(d) Blow down the trees on top of him

5. Where do Gilgamesh and Enkidu first meet?
(a) In the temple
(b) At the marketplace
(c) In the woods
(d) At the river

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the names of the two kings Enkidu identifies in the underworld?

2. Who is Utnapishtim?

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

4. What two things does Enkidu do that make him like a man?

5. To whom does Gilgamesh tell Enkidu's dream?

(see the answer key)

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