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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 does Ea advise Nergal to refrain from while in the Underworld?
(a) Sleeping with Ereshkigal.
(b) Looking Ereshkigal in the eyes.
(c) Mentioning the names of any other gods.
(d) Singing.

2. How does Ereshkigal avenge herself upon Ishtar?
(a) Namtar removes Ishtar's divine rights.
(b) Namtar tricks Ishtar into marrying a beast.
(c) Namtar casts sixty diseases on Ishtar.
(d) She traps Ishtar in an icy lake.

3. Who is one of the creators of Lahmu and Lahamu?
(a) Ellil.
(b) Tiamat.
(c) Ea.
(d) Marduk.

4. How does Marduk entrap Tiamat?
(a) He traps her in a cave.
(b) He binds her with the four winds.
(c) He throws her in the ocean.
(d) He binds her with the tree of life.

5. How do the gods know when Ninurta has slain Anzu?
(a) They see Anzu's head being flung from the cliffs.
(b) The Tablet appears back in the temple.
(c) They see Anzu's feathers fall.
(d) They see Anzu's body fall from the cliffs.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Epic of Creation in this book end?

2. What facet of mankind annoys Ellil to the point where he nearly casts a plague upon them?

3. Where does the story depicting the theft of the Tablet of Destiny end in the Old Babylonian version?

4. What mercy does Ea grant to Gilgamesh in response to the man's prayers?

5. What is unique about the plant Gilgamesh retrieves from the Apsu?

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