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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Gilgamesh check to see if Enkidu is still alive?
(a) Feels for breath
(b) Looks in his eyes
(c) Checks his temperature
(d) Touches his heart

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

3. What is the chariot made of that Ishtar promises Gilgamesh?
(a) Lapis Lazuli and gold
(b) Iron Ore and Silver
(c) Copper and Lapis
(d) Silver and Gold

4. What does Enkidu wish he had done to the gate of the Cedar Forest?
(a) Burned it down
(b) Broke it down
(c) Never touched it
(d) Chopped it to pieces

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

6. What did Ishtar turn the shepherd into?
(a) Dirt
(b) A sheep
(c) A Wolf
(d) A tree

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

8. What do Gilgamesh and Enkidu do after killing the bull of heaven?
(a) Cut off its head
(b) Buried the carcass
(c) Threw the horns into the river
(d) Cut out its heart

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

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

11. What is the name of the gardener with whom Ishtar falls in love?
(a) Ishtari
(b) Illanu
(c) Illani
(d) Ishullanu

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

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

14. What are the names of the two kings Enkidu identifies in the underworld?
(a) Ninsun and Sumuqan
(b) Sumuqan and Thorazi
(c) Etana and Enlil
(d) Etana and Sumuqan

15. When Enkidu curses the trapper, he wishes that his game will do what?
(a) Escape him
(b) Eat his family
(c) Kill him
(d) Turn against him

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gilgamesh break when he meets Urshanabi?

2. Gilgamesh calls Enkidu his friend and what?

3. What does Gilgamesh see when he steps into the light?

4. What did Gilgamesh think would bring Enkidu back to life?

5. What does Gilgamesh do with his hair and clothes?

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