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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Erra and Ishum.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On their journey to the Pine Forest, what plagues Gilgamesh?
(a) Locusts.
(b) Illness.
(c) Demons.
(d) Terrible dreams.

2. What act does Mami claim will cause Ninurta to be worshiped throughout the land?
(a) Killing Anzu.
(b) Killing Ea.
(c) Killing Marduk.
(d) Saving Anzu.

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

4. Why is Ninurta unable to kill Anzu?
(a) Anzu is much smarter than the other gods.
(b) Anzu is too fast for Ninurta to catch.
(c) Ninurta feels it is not right to kill Anzu.
(d) Anzu controls everything with the Tablet.

5. When Nergal travels to the Underworld, to what story is the description of his descent similar?
(a) Gilgamesh's search for immortality.
(b) Enkidu's escape from the Underworld.
(c) Ishtar's descent.
(d) Atrahasis and the flood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Enki give Belet-ili?

2. What does Ea specifically tell Adapa that he must not eat while appearing before Anu?

3. Of what is Ishtar's father the god?

4. What holiday is the culmination of the cycle represented by the Theology of Dunnu?

5. Who is Nergal's father?

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