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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gilgamesh want to do in the Cedar Forest?
(a) To meet the shepherds
(b) Cut down all the trees
(c) Learn to live with the animals like Enkidu
(d) Go hunting

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. With whom does Enkidu live?
(a) A pack of wolves
(b) The gods
(c) A group of shepherds
(d) The woman

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

12. What does Enkidu forget when he is sitting before the courtesan?
(a) The courtesan's name
(b) Who his parents are
(c) His own name
(d) Where he was born

13. What does Gilgamesh's mother tell him the two dreams mean?
(a) That a companion is coming to help Gilgamesh
(b) That his death is imminent
(c) That the city of Uruk will fall
(d) That he will have a son

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

15. What two things does Enkidu do that make him like a man?
(a) Cuts down the forest and kills the wolves
(b) Eats bread and sleeps with the woman
(c) Annoints his body with oil and puts on his garment
(d) Kills a lion and drinks strong wine

Short Answer Questions

1. Who interprets Gilgamesh's dreams?

2. How does Enkidu react to Gilgamesh's dreams?

3. What do the eight winds do to Humbaba?

4. Where does Gilgamesh see the ax in his dream?

5. What does Enkidu do with the animals he finds in the woods?

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