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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Descent of Ishtar to the Underworld.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the final tablet of the Epic of Gilgamesh, what does Enkidu offer to retrieve for Gilgamesh?
(a) A sword.
(b) A toy.
(c) Shamhat.
(d) A pomegranate seed.

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

4. What is Kurnugi?
(a) The gods' home.
(b) The collective temples of the gods.
(c) The Underworld.
(d) The sea.

5. Which goddess creates Enkidu in order to bring down Gilgamesh's arrogance?
(a) Aruru.
(b) Ereshkigal.
(c) Tiamat.
(d) Ishtar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what is Ishtar the goddess?

2. In what tradition where these myths originally related?

3. What happens to the plant Gilgamesh took from the Apsu?

4. How does Ereshkigal avenge herself upon Ishtar?

5. How does Shamash help Gilgamesh in his battle against Humbaba?

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