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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who robs a young hunter's traps?
(a) Aruru.
(b) Anu.
(c) Ishtar.
(d) Enkidu.

2. How does the scorpion man's wife reply?
(a) The stranger is two-thirds god and one-third man.
(b) Do not kill the stranger. Let him speak.
(c) Allow the stranger to stay.
(d) This is Gilgamesh, our King.

3. According to Ishtar's wishes, what does the creature do?
(a) It chases after Gilgamesh.
(b) It floods the river.
(c) It blocks the sun from reaching the earth.
(d) It cuts a swathe of death and destruction through the streets of Uruk.

4. What does Enkidu do when Gilgamesh gathers to him an arsenal of finely wrought weaponry and lays it before his Enkidu's feet?
(a) He agrees to take part in the adventure.
(b) He still turns away.
(c) He becomes angry.
(d) He laughs at him.

5. Why has Gilgamesh come to seek his ancestor?
(a) So he can become immortal.
(b) So he can meet his family.
(c) So he can build a friendship with him.
(d) So he can tell Gilgamesh where Enkidu is and whether of not Gilgamesh must die.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the man respond to the girl?

2. When Harim enters the forest, by what is she charmed?

3. What does Ninsun do at the temple?

4. For how long do the two companions grapple with the beast?

5. Who does Ishtar gather together?

(see the answer key)

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