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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Phoenician god might be based on the legend of Ereshkigal and Nergal?
(a) Melqart.
(b) Adonis.
(c) Baal.
(d) Tanit.

2. Who is Ereshkigal?
(a) Queen of the mountains.
(b) Goddess of the earth.
(c) Goddess of the sun.
(d) Queen of the Underworld.

3. What mercy does Ea grant to Gilgamesh in response to the man's prayers?
(a) He allows Enkidu to bid Gilgamesh a final farewell.
(b) He allows Enkidu to return from the underworld.
(c) He allows Gilgamesh to become immortal.
(d) He allows Gilgamesh to marry.

4. Who is the king of the old gods?
(a) Ellil.
(b) Marduk.
(c) Anu.
(d) Ea.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what color is Dumuzi clad when he descends to Kurnugi?

2. Who is Namtar?

3. In the Epic of Creation, what god is killed in order to make man?

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

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

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