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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Gilgamesh know something is wrong with Enkidu?
(a) Gilgamesh sees Enkidu pounding a wall
(b) Ninsun has a dream about Enkidu
(c) Enkidu tells Shamash
(d) Enkidu cries

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

3. This person is created to keep Gilgamesh occupied.
(a) Allah
(b) Anuk
(c) Enkidu
(d) Gilganu

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

5. What do the people of Uruk do with the axe in Gilgamesh's dream?
(a) Use it to kill Gilgamesh
(b) Celebrate around it
(c) Bury it
(d) Throw it in the river

6. The elders tell Gilgamesh that he is young and __________ has carried him away in proposing to battle Humbaba.
(a) Enkidu's friendship
(b) His pride
(c) His heart
(d) His fear

7. Who do the elders send to protect Gilgamesh?
(a) Enkidu
(b) Twenty men from Uruk
(c) The Shepherds
(d) Enkidu and Gilgamesh's mother

8. What does the courtesan use to clothe Enkidu?
(a) One of the shepherds cloaks
(b) Half of her own garment
(c) The skins of animals
(d) Leaves from the forest

9. Where does Gilgamesh see the ax in his dream?
(a) His bedroom
(b) The wilderness
(c) The temple
(d) The marketplace

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

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

12. The tale of Gilgamesh is carved on what type of stone?
(a) Quartz
(b) Lapis
(c) Copper
(d) Iron Ore

13. Line 42 at the end of Tablet 4 is called what kind of line?
(a) A final-line
(b) A catch-line
(c) A imaginary line
(d) A culminating line

14. What does Gilgamesh do that awakens Humbaba?
(a) Blows a loud horn
(b) Begins to cut down the cedars
(c) Bangs on the forest gate
(d) Shouts seven times

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How far does Enkidu say the cedar forest extends?

2. Gilgamesh asks Shamash to give Enkidu what?

3. What does Gilgamesh say will happen if Humbaba kills him?

4. Who reminds Gilgamesh of his boast in Uruk?

5. What does Enkidu tell Gilgamesh is guarding the Cedar Forest?

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