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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Enkidu not like living in the city?
(a) Because he does not have a house of his own
(b) Because he misses the shepherds
(c) Because he prefers sleeping outside
(d) Because he feels weak and idle

3. What things do the shepherds teach Enkidu?
(a) To tend sheep
(b) To eat, talk and behave as people in the city do
(c) To fight like a soldier
(d) To stalk and kill animals

4. Where do Gilgamesh and Enkidu first meet?
(a) In the woods
(b) In the temple
(c) At the river
(d) At the marketplace

5. How does Enkidu feel about the journey into the forest?
(a) He hopes to see the shepherds again.
(b) He is worried about the quest.
(c) He plans to kill Humbaba himself.
(d) He is excited to get out of Uruk.

6. What is another name for Humbaba?
(a) Enkidu
(b) Watchman of the forest
(c) Shamash
(d) Ninsun

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

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

9. Who does Gilgamesh's mother pray to for protection for her son?
(a) The sun god
(b) The god of the forest
(c) Humbaba
(d) Enkidu

10. What does Enkidu have knowledge of after being with the woman?
(a) Good and Evil
(b) The world
(c) Man
(d) God

11. Where do Gilgamesh and Enkidu go to contemplate their course of action and interpret Gilgamesh's dreams?
(a) The temple
(b) The plain
(c) The river
(d) The forest

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

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

14. Where is Enkidu raised?
(a) Uruk
(b) In a city full of Gilgamesh's enemies
(c) The wilderness
(d) With the gods

15. What is the woman called who seduces Enkidu?
(a) The courtesan
(b) The harlot
(c) The courtier
(d) Eanna

Short Answer Questions

1. How many goblets of strong drink does Enkidu drink after the courtesan teaches him to drink properly?

2. Where does Gilgamesh pour out his fine-meal?

3. Who does Gilgamesh ask to bring him a dream? Or another reference for Shamash?

4. Who pulls Gilgamesh from under the toppled mountain in his dream?

5. How far do Gilgamesh and Enkidu walk each day?

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