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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epic of Creation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Shamash help Gilgamesh in his battle against Humbaba?
(a) Shamash calls down the thirteen winds.
(b) Shamash tricks Humbaba into looking the wrong way.
(c) Shamash convinces Humbaba that using weapons will be dishonorable to the gods.
(d) Shamash subdues Humbaba.

2. Which does not describe Marduk?
(a) Fire breathing.
(b) Four eyes.
(c) Horns.
(d) Perfect build.

3. What is unique about the plant Gilgamesh retrieves from the Apsu?
(a) It grants the finder a wish.
(b) It grants immortality.
(c) It is able to feed a small town for three months.
(d) It is the only one of its kind in the world.

4. How does Ut-napishtium prove to Gilgamesh how many days the latter man slept?
(a) Ut-napishtium put a cut on Gilgamesh's leg for each day.
(b) Ut-napishtium had Shamash stand as witness.
(c) Ut-napishtium's wife baked a loaf of bread for each day Gilgamesh slept.
(d) Ut-napishtium planted a tree for each day Gilgamesh slept.

5. After the death of Tiamat, what adorns the door to Apsu?
(a) Marduk's weapons.
(b) Tiatmat's head.
(c) Apsu's head.
(d) Mother Hubur's creatures.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Nergal's father?

2. What reason does Ut-napishtium (or Atrahasis) give Gilgamesh for why only he is allowed to be immortal?

3. Who creates an army of vicious, terrible warriors in the Epic of Creation?

4. How does Marduk entrap Tiamat?

5. In the Epic of Creation, what god is killed in order to make man?

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