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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the anticipated battle between the King and the savage take place?
(a) In the forest.
(b) At the King's palace.
(c) At the gate into the city.
(d) At the temple.

2. In three days, what have Gilgamesh and Enkidu done?
(a) They have completed the wall.
(b) They have reached the massive cedar gate that leads the way to Humbaba.
(c) They ahve enjoyed days of festivities.
(d) They have returned to the forest.

3. For how long do the two companions grapple with the beast?
(a) One hour.
(b) Hours.
(c) Thirty minutes.
(d) A few moments.

4. Looking up at the towering peaks, what does Gilgamesh wonder?
(a) If the gods live on the tops of the peaks.
(b) How he will make it to the top.
(c) Where Enkidu.
(d) If he has truly reached the mountains, whose peaks touch the heavens, and whose foundations reach into the bowels of the earth.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the young priestess do this?

2. What is the adventure the King proposes?

3. Why has Gilgamesh come to seek his ancestor?

4. What happens after eleven days and nights of this leg of Gilgamesh's journey?

5. Does Anu agree to Ishtar's request?

(see the answer key)

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