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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ancient text is not listed as having being inspired by these myths?
(a) The Old Testament.
(b) Arabian Nights.
(c) The Illiad.
(d) The Qur'an.

2. What unique feature does this book use to help the reader understand these stories?
(a) It relates these stories to other, well-known tales.
(b) It offers a version of the stories in their original language.
(c) It is fully annotated so that further research is accessible.
(d) It offers several original pictures from the time period.

3. Who tells Atrahasis to build a boat in anticipation of Ellil flooding the world?
(a) Tiamat.
(b) Enki.
(c) Ellili.
(d) Ea.

4. Who is the king of the old gods?
(a) Ea.
(b) Marduk.
(c) Anu.
(d) Ellil.

5. In what tradition where these myths originally related?
(a) Oral tradition.
(b) Song.
(c) Murals within the temples.
(d) Dance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does the author give for noting similarities between these myths and other, well-known stories?

2. In what modern country can the ancient civilization of these myths be found?

3. What tool, in this book, explains how these myths came about?

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

5. What god is sacrificed in order to create man?

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