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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where will Gilgamesh live after Enkidu's burial?
(a) He will stay with the shepherds.
(b) He will live in the temple.
(c) He will roam the desert.
(d) He will live in the cedar forest.
2. Irkalla is the queen of what?
(a) The underworld
(b) The forest
(c) The heavens
(d) The sea
3. When does Gilgamesh begin mourning for Enkidu?
(a) At sunset
(b) At noon
(c) At morning's first glimmer
(d) At midnight
4. Ishtar asks her father to give her ______________.
(a) The key to the underworld
(b) Humbaba's soul
(c) The bull of heaven
(d) An army
5. How many double hours does Gilgamesh travel before finding light?
(a) Twelve
(b) Twenty
(c) Ten
(d) Fifteen
6. Who dreams the night of the heroes feast?
(a) The shepherds
(b) Enkidu
(c) Ishtar
(d) Gilgamesh
7. Who is Urshanabi?
(a) The goddess of the sea
(b) A demon Gilgamesh must kill
(c) Shamash's ferryman
(d) Utnapishtim's ferryman
8. Gilgamesh refers to Enkidu as his friend and what?
(a) Son
(b) Cousin
(c) Younger brother
(d) Father
9. Gilgamesh raises his voice like what animal crying for her young?
(a) A bear
(b) A wolf
(c) A bird
(d) A lioness
10. What does Ishtar say Gilgamesh's goats shall bear?
(a) Many offspring
(b) Triplets
(c) Twins
(d) Horns of gold
11. Enkidu curses three people/things as he lies dying. Who are they?
(a) Shamash, Ninsun, Ishtar
(b) The shepherds, Humbaba, the courtesan
(c) Gilgamesh, Ishtar, Ninsun
(d) The gate, the trapper, the courtesan
12. What does Enkidu do after talking with Shamash?
(a) Changes the courtesan's curse into a blessing
(b) Curses Shamash
(c) Cries
(d) Dies
13. What did Ishtar turn the shepherd into?
(a) A Wolf
(b) A sheep
(c) Dirt
(d) A tree
14. What presumably is written on the scribes tablet in the underworld?
(a) Enkidu's name
(b) Utnapishtim's name
(c) Shamash's name
(d) Gilgamesh's name
15. When Gilgamesh spurns Ishtar, from whom does the goddess ask for help?
(a) Humbaba
(b) Her parents, Anu and Antum
(c) Enkidu
(d) Shamash
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Gilgamesh do with his hair and clothes?
2. What happens to Enkidu after the gods fight?
3. Gilgamesh is afraid he will die in what?
4. What animal did Enkidu chase on the steppe?
5. What does Gilgamesh put over Enkidu when he is dead?
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