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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Enkidu enters the underworld?
(a) He is sent to heaven.
(b) He is placed in chains.
(c) He is taken away.
(d) He is told to return to Uruk.

2. What word does Gilgamesh use to refer to Enkidu's death in line 13 of Column 2?
(a) Sleep
(b) Sickness
(c) Adventure
(d) Worry

3. What does Ishtar say Gilgamesh's goats shall bear?
(a) Horns of gold
(b) Twins
(c) Triplets
(d) Many offspring

4. Irkalla is the queen of what?
(a) The underworld
(b) The sea
(c) The forest
(d) The heavens

5. Enkidu curses three people/things as he lies dying. Who are they?
(a) The shepherds, Humbaba, the courtesan
(b) Shamash, Ninsun, Ishtar
(c) Gilgamesh, Ishtar, Ninsun
(d) The gate, the trapper, the courtesan

6. What does Ishtar turn the gardener into?
(a) A rose bush
(b) A thorn brush
(c) A mole
(d) A tree

7. What does Gilgamesh do with the horns of the bull of heaven?
(a) Hangs them in the temple
(b) Sacrifices them to Shamash
(c) Hangs them above the door to his palace
(d) Hangs them in his throne room

8. Gilgamesh is afraid he will die in what?
(a) A feast
(b) Disgrace
(c) Battle
(d) Old age

9. What does the variegated roller yell?
(a) Love Me
(b) Help Me
(c) Kappi
(d) Kappapoi

10. What does Gilgamesh do with his hair and clothes?
(a) Cuts them off
(b) Cuts his hair and burns his clothes
(c) Pulls them out/off and throws them away
(d) Rips out his hair and covers his clothes with ash

11. To what does Gilgamesh compare Enkidu?
(a) A great bear
(b) Himself
(c) One of the gods
(d) Weapons that are always by his side

12. What animal did Enkidu chase on the steppe?
(a) A panther
(b) A wolf
(c) A bear
(d) A fox

13. What presumably is written on the scribes tablet in the underworld?
(a) Gilgamesh's name
(b) Utnapishtim's name
(c) Enkidu's name
(d) Shamash's name

14. When does Gilgamesh begin mourning for Enkidu?
(a) At sunset
(b) At midnight
(c) At noon
(d) At morning's first glimmer

15. In what river do the two men wash their hands?
(a) Nile
(b) Urukali
(c) Euphrates
(d) Tigres

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Gilgamesh get to kiss Enkidu's feet?

2. Who is Urshanabi?

3. Including animals, how many lovers does Gilgamesh say that Ishtar has had?

4. Ishtar asks her father to give her ______________.

5. What does Gilgamesh have to do before they can start their journey?

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