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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is this dream, according to Gilgamesh's mother?
(a) Just a dream.
(b) A sign of what good is to come.
(c) Caused by the large meal he had the night before.
(d) An evil portent.

2. What does Ninsun ask her son to do?
(a) Look for Enkidu.
(b) Describe the dream.
(c) Relax.
(d) Leave her alone.

3. Upon their arrival, what do they find the citizens doing?
(a) Complaining to the King about Ekidu's behavior.
(b) Building the wall around the city.
(c) Going about their usual business.
(d) Already passing among themselves excited stories about Enkidu.

4. What is a city of fine houses, magnificent temples, marketplaces, and groves of trees?
(a) Uruk.
(b) Larsa.
(c) Emar.
(d) Babylon.

5. How does Gilgamesh react to his mother's warning?
(a) He cries.
(b) He grows nervous.
(c) He becomes angry.
(d) He laughs.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ishtar feel about the elders' plan?

2. What does Ninsun do at the temple?

3. What do the elders request of Enkidu?

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

5. Of what is Anu god?

(see the answer key)

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