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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Gilgamesh pour meal on the earth?
(a) To grow crops.
(b) To protect their feet as they walk.
(c) To appease the gods.
(d) To feed the birds.

2. What happens as Harim leads Enkidu into Uruk?
(a) He is taunted.
(b) He is ignored.
(c) He is besieged by curious onlookers.
(d) He is captured.

3. 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.

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

5. Of what does Gilgamesh remind her?
(a) There are no more monsters to be killed.
(b) He cannot enter the underworld.
(c) Every lover she has ever taken has been destroyed.
(d) He loves Enkidu.

Short Answer Questions

1. What must Gilgamesh do for Ishtar?

2. What is the result of the King's request to continue building the walls higher and higher?

3. How does Gilgamesh react to his mother's warning?

4. In what do Gilgamesh and Enkidu take part?

5. Seeing his bravery and his skill in battle, with whom does Ishtar fall in love?

(see the answer key)

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