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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is a talent?
(a) An ability a person has to perform well
(b) A unit for measuring length
(c) A type of sword
(d) A unit of measure equalling about sixty pounds

3. Who reminds Gilgamesh of his boast in Uruk?
(a) Ishtar
(b) Shamash
(c) Ninsun
(d) Enkidu

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

5. How many days does the journey to the Cedar Forest take?
(a) Six months
(b) Six days
(c) One week
(d) One month

6. What university in Pennsylvania owns a large portion of the Gilgamesh tablets?
(a) University of Philadelphia
(b) Penn State University
(c) Temple University
(d) University of Pennsylvania

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

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

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

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

11. Gilgamesh is ____________, while Enkidu is _____________.
(a) rash, humble
(b) humble, rash
(c) A man, A woman
(d) young, old

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is another phrase for sleep?

2. How does Enkidu feel about the journey into the forest?

3. What is another name for the cedar forest?

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

5. Who is Ninsun?

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