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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Enkidu enchanted by the young girl?
(a) She is the first human he has ever seen.
(b) She is very beautiful.
(c) She reminds him of a gazelle.
(d) She is the first woman he has ever seen.

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

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

4. When Harim enters the forest, by what is she charmed?
(a) The peace and quiet.
(b) Enkidu.
(c) The smells of nature.
(d) The animals and leaves and broken sunlight of the forest.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do singers do?

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

3. With the return of the two heroes, what happens in Uruk?

4. As he nears the Temple of Ishtar, what happens beside him?

5. What does the double-edged axe symbolize?

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