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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gilgamesh break when he meets Urshanabi?
(a) The dock
(b) Stone items needed to cross the sea
(c) The boat
(d) The boat oars

2. Who does Siduri say is the only person able to cross the sea to Utnapishtim?
(a) No one
(b) The other gods
(c) Enkidu
(d) Shamash

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

4. Including animals, how many lovers does Gilgamesh say that Ishtar has had?
(a) Six
(b) Seven
(c) Eight
(d) Ten

5. What is Enkidu transformed into in order to journey to the underworld?
(a) A wolf
(b) A bear
(c) A dog
(d) A bird

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. How many poles does Gilgamesh use to push the boat across the sea?
(a) One hundred and twenty
(b) Fifty
(c) Twelve
(d) One

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Gilgamesh address his lamentions?

2. Shamash does not understand Enkidu's curse against who/what?

3. How does Gilgamesh finally know that Enkidu is dead?

4. Who is Urshanabi?

5. What does the variegated roller yell?

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