Gilgamesh: Man's First Story | Short Answer Test Questions

Short Answer Questions

Directions: Answer each question with the appropriate short response.

Short Answer Questions - Chapter 1

1. How does the story of Gilgamesh begin?

2. The slightest touch of what waters causes immediate death?

3. The people over which Gilgamesh rules as king possess what?

4. Of what is Anu god?

5. What is a city of fine houses, magnificent temples, marketplaces, and groves of trees?

6. What is the greatest danger to this city?

7. What is the result of the King's request to continue building the walls higher and higher?

8. With the mothers robbed of their sons and the young girls of their lovers, what do the city elders decide to do?

9. Over whom does Anu hesitate to take the side of the common people?

10. How...
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