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

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 is the first woman he has ever seen.
(d) She reminds him of a gazelle.

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 is done with the entrails?
(a) They are eaten by Gilgamesh and Enkidu.
(b) They are burnt as an offering to the god Shamash.
(c) They are destroyed.
(d) They are divided among the city's tradesmen.

4. Of what does Sabitu remind the King?
(a) The floods.
(b) The Mashu Mountains.
(c) The earthquakes.
(d) The deadly Bitter River.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Upon their arrival, what do they find the citizens doing?

3. What happens after eleven days and nights of this leg of Gilgamesh's journey?

4. What does Enkidu refuse to do?

5. Why does she feel this way about Gilgamesh?

(see the answer key)

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