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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Epic of Gilgamesh - Standard version and Old Babylonian Version.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many myths are contained in this book?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Ten.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Five.

2. From which civilization do these myths originate?
(a) Rome.
(b) China.
(c) Mesopotamia.
(d) Greece.

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

4. 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 blesses Enkidu.
(c) She adopts Enkidu as another son.
(d) She disowns Gilgamesh so that he will carry no guilt of abandonment with him on his journey.

5. What section of the book is the table of contents for the book's figures?
(a) The List of Figures.
(b) The Abbreviations.
(c) The Prefaces.
(d) The Sigla.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the station of the god or goddess who creates man?

2. How long does Enki believe the flood will last?

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

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

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

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