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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tablet 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From where does Gilgamesh's mother say his companion will come?
(a) The river
(b) The sky
(c) The wilderness
(d) The gods

2. What does the mountain watch over?
(a) The people of Uruk
(b) The tides of the sea
(c) The rising and setting of the moon
(d) The rising and setting of the sun

3. To what does Gilgamesh compare Enkidu?
(a) A great bear
(b) Himself
(c) Weapons that are always by his side
(d) One of the gods

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

5. What does Gilgamesh's mother tell him the two dreams mean?
(a) That his death is imminent
(b) That he will have a son
(c) That a companion is coming to help Gilgamesh
(d) That the city of Uruk will fall

Short Answer Questions

1. Who dreams the night of the heroes feast?

2. To whom do the people of Uruk pray?

3. How many winds come against Humbaba?

4. What does Gilgamesh have to do before they can start their journey?

5. Which god does not want either man to die?

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