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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Ninsun?
(a) Gilgamesh's wife
(b) Enkidu's wife
(c) Enkidu's mother
(d) Gilgamesh's mother

2. Gilgamesh's dreams are an example of what kind of narrative technique?
(a) Style
(b) Characterization
(c) Theme
(d) Foreshadowing

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

4. What does Gilgamesh say will happen if Humbaba kills him?
(a) Gilgamesh will burn down the forest.
(b) The people of Uruk will hunt down the demon.
(c) Gilgamesh's name will live on forever.
(d) Enkidu will have to kill Humbaba.

5. What does Enkidu tell Gilgamesh is guarding the Cedar Forest?
(a) The shepherds watch over the forest
(b) A pack of angry wolves
(c) A demon named Humbaba
(d) A great angel with a sword

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

7. What do the people of Uruk say about Enkidu when they first see him?
(a) He stronger than Gilgamesh.
(b) He is taller than Gilgamesh.
(c) He is very hairy.
(d) He is shorter than Gilgamesh.

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

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

10. By what phrase does Enkidu refer to Ninsun?
(a) Mighty princess
(b) Wild cow
(c) goddess of the sky
(d) Queen of men

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

12. How many goblets of strong drink does Enkidu drink after the courtesan teaches him to drink properly?
(a) Seven
(b) Sixteen
(c) Ten
(d) Two

13. How many layers of armor has Humbaba put on when Gilgamesh and Enkidu arrive at the gate to the forest?
(a) Ten
(b) Six
(c) Seven
(d) One

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

15. How long are Enkidu and the woman together?
(a) A fortnight
(b) A week
(c) An hour
(d) One night

Short Answer Questions

1. How many hours do Gilgamesh and Enkidu walk in one day?

2. What do the axe and meteorite signify in relationship to Enkidu?

3. Who interprets Gilgamesh's dreams?

4. Who do the elders send to protect Gilgamesh?

5. How many dreams does Gilgamesh have on the journey to the forest?

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