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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do scribes do?
(a) They teach Enkidu how to write.
(b) They engrave the stories onto stone or press the letters into wet clay.
(c) They tell the stories of the King and Enkidu on the walls of a tomb.
(d) They write stories of the men's adventures on papyrus.

2. With the return of the two heroes, what happens in Uruk?
(a) An earthquake.
(b) The gods arrive.
(c) A holiday is declared.
(d) Work on the wall continues.

3. How does the wild man find himself when sitting beside the young priestess?
(a) Utterly content.
(b) Nervous.
(c) Worried.
(d) Sad.

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

5. At the Temple of Ishtar, the citizens of Uruk will finally do what?
(a) Choose a bride for their king, Gilgamesh.
(b) Pray to Ishtar.
(c) Destroy the temple.
(d) Ask Ishtar for guidance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ninsun possess?

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

3. The people over which Gilgamesh rules as king possess what?

4. Watching the battle between Humbaba and the two friends, what happens to the goddess Ishtar?

5. How does the man respond to the girl?

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