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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Through the trees, what does Gilgamesh see?
(a) The face of Ishtar.
(b) The face of Shamash.
(c) The face of Anu.
(d) The face of Ellil.

3. What does Utnapishtim promise to do to the boatman?
(a) Punish him who aided Gilgamesh on his journey.
(b) Reward him for aiding Gilgamesh on his journey.
(c) Ignore him.
(d) Treat him the way he has always treated him.

4. Why does she feel this way about Gilgamesh?
(a) He is very handsome.
(b) He came upon her very quietly.
(c) He has wild and unkempt looks.
(d) He has disturbed her peace.

5. Who is responsible for molding humans from inanimate clay?
(a) Ishtar.
(b) The elders.
(c) Anu.
(d) Aruru.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gilgamesh do for many days and nights?

2. What do Gilgamesh and Enkidu do when Ishtar calls the gods to battle against them?

3. What does Gilgamesh reason?

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

5. What does Gilgamesh do to the beast?

(see the answer key)

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