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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What tool, in this book, explains how these myths came about?
(a) The Abbreviations.
(b) The Prefaces.
(c) The Sigla.
(d) The Figures.

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

3. What reason does the author give for noting similarities between these myths and other, well-known stories?
(a) It allows the reader to see the progression of gender relations through stories.
(b) It allows the reader to easier relate to the myths.
(c) It allows the reader to see that the Mesopotamian myths came first.
(d) It allows the reader to see the differences in the relationship between man and god.

4. Who do the myths revolve around?
(a) The gods of Mesopotamia.
(b) The gods of Greece.
(c) The gods of Rome.
(d) The gods of China.

5. What tool is used within the introductions to help the reader understand the time line of these stories?
(a) The Abbreviations.
(b) The Chronological Chart.
(c) The Sigla.
(d) The Flow Chart.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what tradition where these myths originally related?

2. What reason is given for the myths of this book being the basis of stories for other cultures?

3. What do the gods, at the end of Atrahasis's story, amend in every living human?

4. Why does the author of this book believe it is necessary to understand where the stories of several different cultures originated?

5. What purpose does the Sigla and Abbreviations section serve for this book?

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