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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far do Gilgamesh and Enkidu walk each day?
(a) 15 miles
(b) As far as another man would walk in a month
(c) 100 miles
(d) 50 miles

2. What does Gilgamesh do that awakens Humbaba?
(a) Begins to cut down the cedars
(b) Blows a loud horn
(c) Shouts seven times
(d) Bangs on the forest gate

3. Who reminds Gilgamesh of his boast in Uruk?
(a) Ishtar
(b) Ninsun
(c) Shamash
(d) Enkidu

4. What does Enkidu forget when he is sitting before the courtesan?
(a) Where he was born
(b) His own name
(c) Who his parents are
(d) The courtesan's name

5. How many hours do Gilgamesh and Enkidu walk in one day?
(a) twenty-five double hours
(b) Fifty double hours
(c) thirty double hours
(d) twenty double hours

6. How does Gilgamesh say that Enkidu's paralysis will end?
(a) By bathing in the Euphrates river
(b) If they go into the forest together
(c) By sacrificing to Shamash
(d) By killing Humbaba

7. Who does Gilgamesh's mother pray to for protection for her son?
(a) The sun god
(b) Humbaba
(c) Enkidu
(d) The god of the forest

8. To whom do the people of Uruk pray?
(a) Anubis
(b) Anu
(c) Allah
(d) God

9. What does Enkidu tell Gilgamesh is guarding the Cedar Forest?
(a) A demon named Humbaba
(b) A great angel with a sword
(c) A pack of angry wolves
(d) The shepherds watch over the forest

10. Who is Ninsun?
(a) Gilgamesh's wife
(b) Enkidu's mother
(c) Enkidu's wife
(d) Gilgamesh's mother

11. What is another name for the cedar forest?
(a) Utnapishtim's stronghold
(b) The dwelling place of the gods
(c) The home of Shamash
(d) The end of the world

12. What other people try to discourage Gilgamesh from undertaking his voyage to engage Humbaba?
(a) The shepherds
(b) The elders of Uruk
(c) His mother
(d) The woman

13. How does Enkidu feel about the journey into the forest?
(a) He is worried about the quest.
(b) He hopes to see the shepherds again.
(c) He plans to kill Humbaba himself.
(d) He is excited to get out of Uruk.

14. Who do the elders send to protect Gilgamesh?
(a) Twenty men from Uruk
(b) The Shepherds
(c) Enkidu and Gilgamesh's mother
(d) Enkidu

15. What university in Pennsylvania owns a large portion of the Gilgamesh tablets?
(a) Temple University
(b) University of Philadelphia
(c) Penn State University
(d) University of Pennsylvania

Short Answer Questions

1. How many layers of armor has Humbaba put on when Gilgamesh and Enkidu arrive at the gate to the forest?

2. At what time of night does Gilgamesh awaken Enkidu to tell him about his dream?

3. By what phrase does Enkidu refer to Ninsun?

4. How many dreams does Gilgamesh have on the journey to the forest?

5. Gilgamesh's dreams are an example of what kind of narrative technique?

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