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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which four gods argue over Gilgamesh and Enkidu?
(a) Ea, Anu, Enlil and Shamash
(b) Ea, Shamash, Enlil, Ninsun
(c) Shamash, Anu, Eamon, Ninsun
(d) Ishtar, Anu, Anil, Shamash

2. How many pits did Ishtar dig for the lion?
(a) Forty
(b) Fifty
(c) Ten
(d) Seven and yet seven

3. Which god does not want either man to die?
(a) Shamash
(b) Enlil
(c) Ea
(d) Anu

4. To whom does Gilgamesh address his lamentions?
(a) Enlil
(b) Ninsun
(c) Shamash
(d) The elders

5. What does Enkidu do after talking with Shamash?
(a) Cries
(b) Dies
(c) Changes the courtesan's curse into a blessing
(d) Curses Shamash

6. Why does Gilgamesh tell the scorpion man he has come to Mashu?
(a) To climb Mashu
(b) To speak of matters of life and death
(c) To swim impossible seas
(d) To seek his own death

7. When Gilgamesh spurns Ishtar, from whom does the goddess ask for help?
(a) Her parents, Anu and Antum
(b) Enkidu
(c) Humbaba
(d) Shamash

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

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

10. What does the bull of heaven do on his third snort?
(a) Attack Enkidu
(b) Kill Ishtar
(c) Kill five hundred men
(d) Attack Gilgamesh

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

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

13. Enlil decrees that which man shall die?
(a) Enkidu
(b) Ninsun
(c) The Shepherd
(d) Gilgamesh

14. Who is Urshanabi?
(a) Shamash's ferryman
(b) The goddess of the sea
(c) Utnapishtim's ferryman
(d) A demon Gilgamesh must kill

15. Who is Sin?
(a) The moon god
(b) The sun goddess
(c) The god of the river
(d) The god of the sea

Short Answer Questions

1. In what river do the two men wash their hands?

2. What does Enkidu throw at Ishtar?

3. What is the name of the barmaid who dwells by the sea?

4. Why does Gilgamesh say his appearance is so ragged?

5. Where does Enkidu go in his dream?

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