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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How is Gilgamesh treated by Utnapishtim?
(a) He is warmly welcomed.
(b) He is humiliated.
(c) He is ignored.
(d) He is rebuked.

3. After Gilgamesh tells his story, how does Utnapishtim answer?
(a) He does not answer him.
(b) In a very different way from the others.
(c) He laughs at him.
(d) In much the same way Gilgamesh has been answered all along.

4. What does Enkidu do to the tall cedar gate, the hunters, and Harim?
(a) He wonders what has happened to them.
(b) He curses them.
(c) He misses them.
(d) He thanks them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the dove that is released return?

2. What is Gilgamesh's explanation?

3. Ninsun blesses her son and Enkidu and asks Enkidu to do what?

4. What does Gilgamesh know about Harim?

5. How does the young girl feel when she sees the man?

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