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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sabitu do after he thanks her?
(a) She shoves him out the door.
(b) She points him toward the Bitter River.
(c) She ignores him.
(d) She laughs at him.

2. How does the man respond to the girl?
(a) He leaves.
(b) He says hello in return.
(c) He gives her a confused stare.
(d) He waves to her.

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

4. What does Enkidu do when Gilgamesh gathers to him an arsenal of finely wrought weaponry and lays it before his Enkidu's feet?
(a) He laughs at him.
(b) He still turns away.
(c) He agrees to take part in the adventure.
(d) He becomes angry.

5. What is Utnapishtim doing at the beginning of this chapter?
(a) Chopping firewood.
(b) Lying in his hammock on the further shore of the Bitter River.
(c) Fishing in the Bitter River.
(d) Eating dinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. At first, how does the wine maiden Sabitu feel about Gilgamesh?

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

3. What is the young priestess's worry?

4. What does Gilgamesh do to the beast?

5. What eclipses even the entry of the wild man?

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