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

2. On what medium where these myths originally found?
(a) Pottery.
(b) Tapestries.
(c) Paintings.
(d) Tablets.

3. What does Gilgamesh use to cross over the deadly water past the mountains and darkness?
(a) A boat made from rocks.
(b) Three hundred wooden poles.
(c) He simply swims it without taking a single breath the entire time.
(d) A giant leaf.

4. How does Ishtar being trapped in Kuranugi affect earth?
(a) All sexual activity is stopped.
(b) The vegetation begins to die.
(c) The people begin to war against each other.
(d) The seas turn red.

5. What goddess is said to have been the mother of Gilgamesh?
(a) Ishtar.
(b) Lady Wild Cow.
(c) Belet-ili.
(d) Ereshkigal.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many figures are contained within this book?

2. After the death of Enkidu, for what does a grieving Gilgamesh seek?

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

4. What theory does the author suggest as the origin for the tale of Atrahasis?

5. After Gilgamesh passes through the mountains, what creatures does Gilgamesh mistakenly kill?

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