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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many double hours does Gilgamesh travel before finding light?
(a) Twelve
(b) Fifteen
(c) Ten
(d) Twenty

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

3. What is made for Siduri?
(a) A golden crown
(b) A golden garment
(c) A golden mashing vat
(d) A golden statue

4. Who notices Gilgamesh's beauty after he has cleaned himself?
(a) Shamash
(b) Humbaba
(c) Ishtar
(d) Enkidu

5. What does the mountain watch over?
(a) The people of Uruk
(b) The tides of the sea
(c) The rising and setting of the moon
(d) The rising and setting of the sun

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

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

8. How far down does the mountain reach?
(a) The top of the temple in Uruk
(b) Into the Underworld
(c) The bottom of the sea
(d) The otherside of the world

9. What does Gilgamesh have to do before they can start their journey?
(a) Perform a ritual sacrifice
(b) Pray to Shamash
(c) Cut long poles from the forest
(d) Give Urshanabi money

10. Who arises to rob Gilgamesh in Line 7 of Column 2?
(a) An evil foe
(b) The people of Uruk
(c) Urshanabi
(d) Shamash

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

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

13. Who dreams the night of the heroes feast?
(a) Enkidu
(b) Gilgamesh
(c) Ishtar
(d) The shepherds

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

15. Where is Gilgamesh speedily going?
(a) Ubara-Tutu
(b) Shamash
(c) Utnapishtim
(d) Urukali

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Gilgamesh address his lamentions?

2. Ishtar asks her father to give her ______________.

3. What does Gilgamesh do when he arrives on Utnapishtim's shore?

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

5. What is the name of the gardener with whom Ishtar falls in love?

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