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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 must Nergal atone for his offense towards Namtar?
(a) Chop down trees and make a chair.
(b) Pray for forgiveness.
(c) Walk to the underworld over gravel and allow his blood to cleanse his offense.
(d) Sacrifice several animals to Namtar.

2. To whom does Nudimmud give birth in the Epic of Creation?
(a) Apsu.
(b) Ellil.
(c) Tiamat.
(d) Ea.

3. How long do Nergal and Ereshkigal make love?
(a) Five days.
(b) Six days.
(c) Four days.
(d) Three days.

4. To whom does the blessing of the bow refer in The Epic of Creation?
(a) Ereshkigal.
(b) Ishtar.
(c) Marduk.
(d) Tiamat.

5. What does Gilgamesh use to cross over the deadly water past the mountains and darkness?
(a) A boat made from rocks.
(b) A giant leaf.
(c) Three hundred wooden poles.
(d) He simply swims it without taking a single breath the entire time.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Ut-napishtium prove to Gilgamesh how many days the latter man slept?

3. Who is Namtar?

4. What gesture does Ninsun extend before Gilgamesh and Enkidu go to stop Humbaba?

5. What Phoenician god might be based on the legend of Ereshkigal and Nergal?

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