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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the god to whom Ninsun prays?
(a) Egalmah
(b) Saecean
(c) Shamain
(d) Shamash

2. What is stilled into silence when the men behold the forest?
(a) The sound of the gods
(b) The wind
(c) Their voices
(d) Humbaba's words

3. Who intercedes to help Gilgamesh overcome Humbaba?
(a) Shamash
(b) Anu
(c) Enlil
(d) Ninsun

4. Who pulls Gilgamesh from under the toppled mountain in his dream?
(a) A wolf
(b) A unique man
(c) Enkidu
(d) Shamash

5. What happens to those who go to the cedar forest?
(a) Humbaba eats them
(b) They are turned to stone
(c) Weakness overtakes them
(d) The gate burns them

6. How many layers of armor does Humbaba usually wear?
(a) Six
(b) One
(c) Seven
(d) Ten

7. In Gilgamesh's second dream what does he see?
(a) A lion
(b) An axe
(c) An angel
(d) A burning bush

8. Humbaba promises to be Gilgamesh's what if left alive?
(a) Armorer
(b) Best Friend
(c) Servant
(d) Shepherd

9. What happens to Enkidu's hand when he tries to open the gate?
(a) It turns to stone
(b) It falls off
(c) It is paralyzed
(d) It is badly burned

10. What does Enkidu do with the animals he finds in the woods?
(a) Captures them to sell in the city
(b) Kills them for the fur
(c) Frees them from traps
(d) Teaches them to attack Gilgamesh

11. What university in Pennsylvania owns a large portion of the Gilgamesh tablets?
(a) University of Pennsylvania
(b) University of Philadelphia
(c) Penn State University
(d) Temple University

12. How far do Gilgamesh and Enkidu walk each day?
(a) 100 miles
(b) As far as another man would walk in a month
(c) 50 miles
(d) 15 miles

13. How does Gilgamesh say that Enkidu's paralysis will end?
(a) If they go into the forest together
(b) By sacrificing to Shamash
(c) By bathing in the Euphrates river
(d) By killing Humbaba

14. Where does Gilgamesh pour out his fine-meal?
(a) At the temple
(b) In the plain
(c) On the mountain
(d) In the fire

15. Which god is said to have her throne in the Cedar Forest?
(a) Shamash
(b) Courtesan
(c) Ninsun
(d) Irnini

Short Answer Questions

1. This person is created to keep Gilgamesh occupied.

2. Where do Gilgamesh and Enkidu go to contemplate their course of action and interpret Gilgamesh's dreams?

3. How does Enkidu feel about the journey into the forest?

4. Gilgamesh asks Shamash to give Enkidu what?

5. What does the courtesan use to clothe Enkidu?

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