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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who robs a young hunter's traps?
(a) Ishtar.
(b) Enkidu.
(c) Anu.
(d) Aruru.

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

3. What should Gilgamesh not do?
(a) Be near Endiku.
(b) Walk the streets or approach the Temple of Ishtar.
(c) Leave his home.
(d) Speak to Ishtar.

4. What is the result of the King's request to continue building the walls higher and higher?
(a) A monster becomes angry.
(b) Workers are exhausted.
(c) Wealth is lost.
(d) The King monopolizes the time of the men.

5. What is the greatest danger to this city?
(a) Floods.
(b) Earthquakes.
(c) The monster Humbaba.
(d) The god Anu.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is responsible for molding humans from inanimate clay?

2. How does the story of Gilgamesh begin?

3. What does the girl do when she looks beyond the savagery of this man's appearance to the gentleness of his nature?

4. How does the wild man find himself when sitting beside the young priestess?

5. What does Gilgamesh do when he has a disturbing dream?

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