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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gilgamesh beg Enkidu to do?
(a) Relate the dreams so that he can tell them to his mother.
(b) Leave Uruk.
(c) Forget his dream.
(d) Stay awake.

2. Where does the anticipated battle between the King and the savage take place?
(a) At the temple.
(b) In the forest.
(c) At the gate into the city.
(d) At the King's palace.

3. For whom does Utnapishtim prepare a feast?
(a) The gods.
(b) The people who survived the flood.
(c) His family.
(d) The animals.

4. How long does Gilgamesh wait for Urshanabi to arrive?
(a) Ten days and nights.
(b) Four days and nights.
(c) Twenty-four days and nights.
(d) Untold days and nights.

5. Where does Utnapishtim order the boatman to take Gilgamesh?
(a) A place where he can wash and change into more clothing appropriate for his journey home.
(b) Another town on the Bitter River.
(c) The underworld.
(d) Home, immediately.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens as Harim leads Enkidu into Uruk?

3. What does the wife of Utnapishtim urge her husband to give Gilgamesh?

4. What does Ea tell Utnapishtim he must do?

5. Seeing his bravery and his skill in battle, with whom does Ishtar fall in love?

(see the answer key)

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