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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gilgamesh know about Harim?
(a) She is Anu's servant.
(b) Her charms will prevail over Enkidu with far more facility than force.
(c) Her loyalties are with Ishtar.
(d) She is in love with Ekidu.

2. 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 write stories of the men's adventures on papyrus.
(d) They tell the stories of the King and Enkidu on the walls of a tomb.

3. The people over which Gilgamesh rules as king possess what?
(a) A vast pantheon of gods.
(b) Many possessions.
(c) Only one god.
(d) Magical powers.

4. Of what is Anu god?
(a) Love.
(b) The skies.
(c) The earth.
(d) The sea.

5. What is the adventure the King proposes?
(a) A trip around the world.
(b) Dragon hunting.
(c) Traveling to the underworld.
(d) Killing the monster Humbaba.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the King attempt to do to the savage?

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

3. Does Anu agree to Ishtar's request?

4. What is the young priestess's worry?

5. How do the citizens feel about Enkido's behavior?

(see the answer key)

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