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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What type of drink is Enkidu used to drinking?
(a) Cow's milk
(b) Water from a stream
(c) The wine drunk in the city
(d) The milk of wild animals

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

7. What does Gilgamesh do before Shamash each time they stop?
(a) Digs a well
(b) Kneels to pray five times
(c) Offers a sacrifice
(d) Drinks wine

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

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

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

11. Why do the gods create Enkidu?
(a) To balance Gilgamesh's weaknesses
(b) To spend time with the woman
(c) To kill Gilgamesh
(d) To rule Uruk

12. What happens when Gilgamesh and Enkidu fight?
(a) Gilgamesh kills Enkidu.
(b) Enkdiu takes the new bride for himself.
(c) They become friends because they are equals.
(d) Enkidu kills Gilgamesh.

13. What is the name of the city Gilgamesh builds?
(a) Ukur
(b) Ruku
(c) Urukali
(d) Uruk

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Line 42 at the end of Tablet 4 is called what kind of line?

3. Why does Enkidu go to a celebration in Uruk?

4. Gilgamesh is ____________, while Enkidu is _____________.

5. What is a recension?

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