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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 whom must Ishtar be exchanged in Kurnugi?
(a) Dumuzi.
(b) Belili.
(c) Ea.
(d) Good-Looks.

2. What does Belili offer in order to help her brother, Dumuzi?
(a) Belili will assist Ereshkigal so that the queen may occasionally leave the Underworld.
(b) Belili will take Dumuzi's place in the Underworld for half the year.
(c) Belili will take over Dumuzi's duties above the Underworld.
(d) Belili will take Dumuzi's place in the Underworld one month a year.

3. What happens to the plant Gilgamesh took from the Apsu?
(a) It is stolen by a snake.
(b) It is stolen by Ishtar.
(c) It is eaten by Gilgamesh in a trick from Ishtar.
(d) It is lost in a storm.

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

5. Who built Kish?
(a) Nergal.
(b) Adapa.
(c) The Igigi.
(d) The Underworld demons sent by Ea.

Short Answer Questions

1. After seven years of famine, to what does mankind resort?

2. What tree grows by Etana's fort?

3. How does Ishtar being trapped in Kuranugi affect earth?

4. Why is Nergal sent to the Underworld?

5. Why does Adapa curse the South Wind?

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