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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gilgamesh is now afraid of what?
(a) Death
(b) The forest
(c) Wild animals
(d) The desert

2. How will Gilgamesh dress after Enkidu's burial?
(a) He will grow long hair and wear a lion skin
(b) In new garments
(c) In Enkidu's old clothes
(d) In leaves and twigs

3. On what side did Gilgamesh give Enkidu a seat?
(a) In front of him
(b) The right
(c) Behind him
(d) The left

4. Gilgamesh refers to Enkidu as his friend and what?
(a) Father
(b) Son
(c) Younger brother
(d) Cousin

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

6. What does Gilgamesh do when he arrives on Utnapishtim's shore?
(a) Pours out his wine in sacrifice
(b) Thanks the ferry man
(c) Constructs a statue
(d) Ungirds his loins and takes off his clothes

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

8. What does the old man tell Gilgamesh when he reaches the opposite shore?
(a) That Utnapishtim is not there
(b) That everyone dies
(c) That Gilgamesh must die in order to bring Enkidu back to life
(d) That Gilgamesh is trapped in the underworld

9. What did Gilgamesh think would bring Enkidu back to life?
(a) The great statue
(b) A journey to Utnapishtim
(c) His lamenting
(d) A sacrifice to the gods

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

11. What does Enkidu throw at Ishtar?
(a) The bull's horns
(b) A spear
(c) The bull's right thigh
(d) The bull's heart

12. To whom does Gilgamesh tell Enkidu's dream?
(a) Ninsun
(b) Ishtar
(c) The shepherds
(d) Shamash

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ishtar turn the shepherd into?

2. How does Gilgamesh check to see if Enkidu is still alive?

3. Enlil decrees that which man shall die?

4. How many poles does Gilgamesh use to push the boat across the sea?

5. What other name does Enkidu call the courtesan?

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