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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Adapa and Etana.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what errand does Ea create the man called Good-Looks?
(a) Good-Looks is to torment Ishtar.
(b) Good-Looks is to reprimand Ereshkigal and Ishtar for their feud.
(c) Good-Looks is to fetch waters of life from Ereshkigal.
(d) Good-Looks is to distract Ereshkigal so that Ishtar may escape.

2. 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 subdues Humbaba.
(d) Shamash convinces Humbaba that using weapons will be dishonorable to the gods.

3. What gesture does Ninsun extend before Gilgamesh and Enkidu go to stop Humbaba?
(a) She asks Gilgamesh and Enkidu to pray with her.
(b) She disowns Gilgamesh so that he will carry no guilt of abandonment with him on his journey.
(c) She blesses Enkidu.
(d) She adopts Enkidu as another son.

4. What ritual takes place during Dumuzi's time in Kurnugi?
(a) Ritual cleansing.
(b) Funerals.
(c) Weddings.
(d) Lying-in-state.

5. What threat does Ishtar use when addressing the gatekeeper of the Underworld?
(a) She will make the dead rise to prey on the living.
(b) She will kill Namtar.
(c) She will force Ereshkigal to leave her throne.
(d) She will not allow another soul to pass through the gates.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gilgamesh use to cross over the deadly water past the mountains and darkness?

2. What mercy does Ea grant to Gilgamesh in response to the man's prayers?

3. Of what is Ishtar's father the god?

4. After the death of Enkidu, for what does a grieving Gilgamesh seek?

5. In the final tablet of the Epic of Gilgamesh, what does Enkidu offer to retrieve for Gilgamesh?

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