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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the Temple of Ishtar, the citizens of Uruk will finally do what?
(a) Ask Ishtar for guidance.
(b) Pray to Ishtar.
(c) Choose a bride for their king, Gilgamesh.
(d) Destroy the temple.

2. Finally, what do the city elders attempt to do?
(a) Find a new King.
(b) Intervene.
(c) Ignore the two men.
(d) Prepare the King for his departure.

3. What eclipses even the entry of the wild man?
(a) An attack by a neighboring city.
(b) An important event taking place in the city.
(c) A day of celebration.
(d) The sun.

4. How does the story of Gilgamesh begin?
(a) With the story of Gilgamesh's birth.
(b) With the story of how Gilgamesh gained immortality.
(c) With an account of how Gilgamesh becomes King.
(d) With an account of the geography of his world.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what is this man compared?

2. Where does the anticipated battle between the King and the savage take place?

3. Why does Gilgamesh pour meal on the earth?

4. What does Enkidu do when Gilgamesh gathers to him an arsenal of finely wrought weaponry and lays it before his Enkidu's feet?

5. What does Ninsun do at the temple?

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