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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the elders request of Enkidu?
(a) He must accompany Gilgamesh.
(b) He must talk to the gods.
(c) He must leave the city.
(d) He must stop Gilgamesh.

3. Watching the battle between Humbaba and the two friends, what happens to the goddess Ishtar?
(a) She becomes angry.
(b) She is amused.
(c) She is moved from enraged to enamored.
(d) She is saddened.

4. What do Gilgamesh and Enkidu grow to be?
(a) More like friends than brothers.
(b) More like brothers than simple friends.
(c) Enemies.
(d) Tolerable of one another.

5. To what is this man compared?
(a) A father.
(b) A neighbor.
(c) A brother.
(d) An enemy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gilgamesh must traverse the deep caverns beneath the Mountains of Mashu in order to reach whom?

2. What happens at that moment?

3. What does Enkidu do to the tall cedar gate, the hunters, and Harim?

4. What does Enkidu, along with three hundred armed warriors, do?

5. In three days, what have Gilgamesh and Enkidu done?

(see the answer key)

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