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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gilgamesh know about Harim?
(a) Her charms will prevail over Enkidu with far more facility than force.
(b) She is in love with Ekidu.
(c) She is Anu's servant.
(d) Her loyalties are with Ishtar.

2. With the return of the two heroes, what happens in Uruk?
(a) The gods arrive.
(b) Work on the wall continues.
(c) An earthquake.
(d) A holiday is declared.

3. What does Ishtar ask her father Anu to create?
(a) A Bull of Heaven.
(b) A Horse of Heaven.
(c) A Bird of Heaven.
(d) A Lion of Heaven.

4. Why do the hunter and his father head to the city?
(a) To complain about Gilgamesh's behavior.
(b) To find a god to help them.
(c) To report the matter to the King.
(d) To find someone to kill Enkidu.

5. What happens as Harim leads Enkidu into Uruk?
(a) He is captured.
(b) He is besieged by curious onlookers.
(c) He is taunted.
(d) He is ignored.

6. What does Ishtar threaten to do If her father does not create the creature she requests?
(a) She will leave and never return.
(b) She will kill him.
(c) She will open the doors of the underworld to let the dead rise and outnumber the living.
(d) She will marry Gilgamesh.

7. The people over which Gilgamesh rules as king possess what?
(a) Magical powers.
(b) A vast pantheon of gods.
(c) Many possessions.
(d) Only one god.

8. What is done with the carcass of the beast?
(a) It is destroyed.
(b) It is burned as an offering to the god Shamash.
(c) It is divided among the city's tradesmen.
(d) It is eaten by Gilgamesh and Enkidu.

9. What is the greatest danger to this city?
(a) Earthquakes.
(b) The god Anu.
(c) The monster Humbaba.
(d) Floods.

10. Who does Ishtar gather together?
(a) All the gods from all parts of heaven.
(b) The royal family.
(c) Enkidu and Gilgamesh.
(d) The citizens of Uruk.

11. What does the double-edged axe symbolize?
(a) An intelligent man.
(b) A kind man.
(c) A nervous man.
(d) A dangerous man.

12. Does Anu agree to Ishtar's request?
(a) Yes, at first.
(b) Yes.
(c) Not initially.
(d) No.

13. What is a city of fine houses, magnificent temples, marketplaces, and groves of trees?
(a) Babylon.
(b) Larsa.
(c) Emar.
(d) Uruk.

14. In his dream, what is Gilgamesh doing?
(a) Eating dinner.
(b) Speaking to his people.
(c) Walking through the forest.
(d) Walking through the streets of Uruk.

15. Into what does Enkidu eventually force Gilgamesh?
(a) A puddle of mud.
(b) A position of vulnerability.
(c) A closet.
(d) A room.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what is Anu god?

2. What does Enkido do when Gilgamesh attempts to enter?

3. Why does the young priestess do this?

4. What should Gilgamesh not do?

5. Why is Enkidu enchanted by the young girl?

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