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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who built Kish?
(a) Nergal.
(b) Adapa.
(c) The Igigi.
(d) The Underworld demons sent by Ea.

2. What tool, in this book, explains how these myths came about?
(a) The Abbreviations.
(b) The Sigla.
(c) The Prefaces.
(d) The Figures.

3. In the Amarna version of Nergal and Ereshkigal's story, what does Ea send to the Underworld with Nergal?
(a) Fourteen demons.
(b) Fourteen horses.
(c) Fourteen wolves.
(d) Fourteen warriors.

4. According to Ea's instructions, what must Ninurta do after cutting off Anzu's wings?
(a) Shoot an arrow through his liver.
(b) Shoot an arrow through his heart.
(c) Shoot an arrow through his head.
(d) Shoot an arrow through his throat.

5. For what errand does Ea create the man called Good-Looks?
(a) Good-Looks is to torment Ishtar.
(b) Good-Looks is to distract Ereshkigal so that Ishtar may escape.
(c) Good-Looks is to fetch waters of life from Ereshkigal.
(d) Good-Looks is to reprimand Ereshkigal and Ishtar for their feud.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Armana version, what does Nergal do to Namtar when he reaches the final door to the Underworld?

2. What is Anu's relationships to Ada and Gerra?

3. What was the Flock God son's relationship to his wife before they married?

4. In the Babylonian version of Gilgamesh's story, what incites the battle between Gilgamesh and Enkidu?

5. To whom does the blessing of the bow refer in The Epic of Creation?

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