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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Shamash does not understand Enkidu's curse against who/what?
(a) Gilgamesh
(b) The gate
(c) The trapper
(d) The courtesan

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

4. What does Urshanabi say will happen if the waters touch a man?
(a) He will become very ill.
(b) He will die.
(c) He will sink to the bottom of the sea.
(d) He will grow old.

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

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

7. Where will Gilgamesh live after Enkidu's burial?
(a) He will roam the desert.
(b) He will live in the temple.
(c) He will live in the cedar forest.
(d) He will stay with the shepherds.

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. Who is Utnapishtim?
(a) The goddess of the sea
(b) The Babylonian Noah
(c) The god of the moon
(d) The god of the underworld

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Siduri think Gilgamesh is when she sees him?

2. Which four gods argue over Gilgamesh and Enkidu?

3. Including animals, how many lovers does Gilgamesh say that Ishtar has had?

4. What does Enkidu wish he had done to the gate of the Cedar Forest?

5. Ishtar asks her father to give her ______________.

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