View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tablet 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Enkidu curses three people/things as he lies dying. Who are they?
(a) Shamash, Ninsun, Ishtar
(b) Gilgamesh, Ishtar, Ninsun
(c) The gate, the trapper, the courtesan
(d) The shepherds, Humbaba, the courtesan

2. Who did Gilgamesh get to kiss Enkidu's feet?
(a) The princes of the earth
(b) Shamash
(c) The gods
(d) Ishtar

3. Who interprets Gilgamesh's dreams?
(a) Shamash
(b) Humbaba
(c) The shepherds
(d) Enkidu

4. Gilgamesh's dreams are a realization of his personal what?
(a) curse put on him by the woman
(b) Fears
(c) Hopes for the future
(d) knowledge given by the gods

5. Humbaba asks Gilgamesh to not do what to him?
(a) Burn the forest down
(b) Cut down all the trees
(c) Banish him from the forest
(d) Kill him

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the bull of heaven do on his third snort?

2. What does Gilgamesh's mother tell him the two dreams mean?

3. What happens to those who go to the cedar forest?

4. Where is Enkidu raised?

5. What does Enkidu forget when he is sitting before the courtesan?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 230 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample