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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gilgamesh's mother tell him the two dreams mean?
(a) That the city of Uruk will fall
(b) That he will have a son
(c) That a companion is coming to help Gilgamesh
(d) That his death is imminent

2. How many winds come against Humbaba?
(a) Eight
(b) Five
(c) Two
(d) Ten

3. What do the axe and meteorite signify in relationship to Enkidu?
(a) They are elements of the relationship between Enkidu and Gilgamesh
(b) They are weapons Enkidu will use to kill Gilgamesh
(c) They are weapons Gilgamesh will use to destroy Uruk
(d) They predict how he will die

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

5. Where is Enkidu raised?
(a) With the gods
(b) The wilderness
(c) Uruk
(d) In a city full of Gilgamesh's enemies

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gilgamesh do that awakens Humbaba?

2. What does Gilgamesh say will happen if Humbaba kills him?

3. What things do the shepherds teach Enkidu?

4. What does Enkidu have knowledge of after being with the woman?

5. How many days would it take a mortal man to travel as far as Gilgamesh and Enkidu cover in fifty double hours?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Shamash say to Enkidu after Enkidu curses the courtesan?

2. Describe the garden which greets Gilgamesh once he journeys through the darkness of the mountain pass.

3. What does Enkidu counsel Gilgamesh to do with Humbaba and why?

4. Describe the only available way to cross to Utnapishtim.

5. Describe the Cedar Forest as Gilgamesh and Enkidu encounter it.

6. Describe Ekidnu's character.

7. Describe Gilgamesh's dreams.

8. What legend surrounds Gilgamesh's birth?

9. Describe the items Isthar promises Gilgamesh if he will become her husband.

10. Describe the battle between Enkidu and Gilgamesh.

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