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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ninsun do at the temple?
(a) She prays to the god Ishtar.
(b) She prays to the god Anu.
(c) She prays to the god Shamash.
(d) She prays to the god Aruru.

2. What is the young priestess's worry?
(a) Enkidu will be treated like a King.
(b) Enkidu will be treated no better than a captive animal.
(c) Enkidu will betray her.
(d) Enkidu will become violent in town.

3. What does this god ask Gilgamesh?
(a) Where he has been.
(b) How he came to be here in the garden, so gaunt and disheveled.
(c) Why he does not turn back.
(d) Why he has not found Enkidu.

4. What does the King attempt to do to the savage?
(a) Kill him.
(b) Ignore him.
(c) Hug him.
(d) Push him aside.

5. Gilgamesh must traverse the deep caverns beneath the Mountains of Mashu in order to reach whom?
(a) Shiva.
(b) Siva.
(c) Utnapishtim.
(d) Shamash.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Ishtar's wishes, what does the creature do?

2. How does King Gilgamesh surprise his people, regarding this person?

3. What does Enkidu resolve to do?

4. What does Gilgamesh do to the beast?

5. How does the goddess Ishtar feel about what has taken place?

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