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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Anzu - Standard and Old Babylonian Version.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. For whom must Ishtar be exchanged in Kurnugi?
(a) Good-Looks.
(b) Dumuzi.
(c) Ea.
(d) Belili.

3. What is the station of the god or goddess who creates man?
(a) The hearth-goddess.
(b) The earth-goddess.
(c) The womb-goddess.
(d) The heart-goddess.

4. What is the result of Enkidu and Gilgamesh's brutal battle?
(a) Gilgamesh is felled by Enkidu and pledges his servitude to him.
(b) They become friends.
(c) They become enemies.
(d) Enkidu falls and becomes Gilgamesh's servant.

5. What is Sharur?
(a) The personification of Ninurta's weapon.
(b) Anzu's wife who rebels against Anzu.
(c) Ninurta's student.
(d) Ninurta's wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ereshkigal avenge herself upon Ishtar?

2. Who built Kish?

3. Why is the author not entirely certain that Atrahasis sent an offering of peace to the gods to stop the flooding?

4. In what tradition where these myths originally related?

5. In the shorter version of Anzu's story from Old Babylonia, where does the story start due to a missing tablet?

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