Free The Epic of Gilgamesh Quiz

1)

How does Enkidu react to Gilgamesh's dreams? (from Tablet 4)

He has similar dreams

He says they mean nothing

He says he fears they will come true

He interprets them positively

2)

How many days and nights does the storm rage? (from Tablet 11)

Ten days and Ten Nights

Seven days and Seven nights

Forty days and Forty nights

Six days and Seven nights

3)

What does Humbaba do to make Gilgamesh afraid? (from Tablet 5)

Changes his face

Roars

Spews fire

Strikes him with a sword

4)

Who does Gilgamesh ask to bring him a dream? Or another reference for Shamash? (from Tablet 4)

Ninsun

Ocean

Ea

Mountain

5)

At what time of night does Gilgamesh awaken Enkidu to tell him about his dream? (from Tablet 5)

3 AM

2 AM

Midnight

1 AM

6)

What is the name of the gardener with whom Ishtar falls in love? (from Tablet 6)

Illani

Ishullanu

Ishtari

Illanu

7)

What is the name of the city on the Euphrates where the gods lived? (from Tablet 11)

Shurri

Hurrak

Urruak

Shurruak

8)

What is the plant supposed to do for Gilgamesh? (from Tablet 11)

Give him immortality

Make him invincible

Make him young again

Bring Enkidu back to life

9)

How many pits did Ishtar dig for the lion? (from Tablet 6)

Forty

Fifty

Ten

Seven and yet seven

10)

Who helps Enkidu and Gilgamesh defeat Humbaba? (from Tablet 5)

They do not defeat Humbaba.

Animals in the forest

Shamash

The shepherds

11)

Gilgamesh refers to Enkidu as his friend and what? (from Tablet 8)

Father

Son

Cousin

Younger brother

12)

What does Enkidu throw at Ishtar? (from Tablet 6)

The bull's right thigh

The bull's heart

The bull's horns

A spear

13)

Humbaba promises to be Gilgamesh's what if left alive? (from Tablet 5)

Best Friend

Servant

Shepherd

Armorer

14)

What does Gilgamesh see when he steps into the light? (from Tablet 9)

A beautiful garden

The top of the mountain

Enkidu

The underworld

15)

How does Gilgamesh say that Enkidu's paralysis will end? (from Tablet 4)

By sacrificing to Shamash

By killing Humbaba

By bathing in the Euphrates river

If they go into the forest together

16)

Gilgamesh calls Enkidu his friend and what? (from Tablet 8)

Younger brother

First Mate

Lover

Cousin

17)

What is the name of the barmaid who dwells by the sea? (from Tablet 9)

Siduri

Suriana

Suri

Sidartha

18)

Where does Enkidu go in his dream? (from Tablet 7)

To live with the gods

Back to the Shepherds

To the house of Irkalla

To the Cedar Forest

19)

What did Gilgamesh think would bring Enkidu back to life? (from Tablet 10)

A journey to Utnapishtim

His lamenting

The great statue

A sacrifice to the gods

20)

What does Gilgamesh have to retrieve from the bottom of the ocean? (from Tablet 11)

A specific shell

A plant

A chest of gold

A special fish

21)

What does the variegated roller yell? (from Tablet 6)

Kappapoi

Love Me

Help Me

Kappi

22)

What presumably is written on the scribes tablet in the underworld? (from Tablet 7)

Enkidu's name

Shamash's name

Utnapishtim's name

Gilgamesh's name

23)

What does the bull of heaven do on his third snort? (from Tablet 6)

Attack Gilgamesh

Kill five hundred men

Attack Enkidu

Kill Ishtar

24)

What does Gilgamesh do with his hair and clothes? (from Tablet 8)

Cuts his hair and burns his clothes

Cuts them off

Pulls them out/off and throws them away

Rips out his hair and covers his clothes with ash

25)

Who reminds Gilgamesh of his boast in Uruk? (from Tablet 4)