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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) Looks in his eyes
(b) Feels for breath
(c) Touches his heart
(d) Checks his temperature

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

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

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

5. Who is Urshanabi?
(a) Utnapishtim's ferryman
(b) The goddess of the sea
(c) Shamash's ferryman
(d) A demon Gilgamesh must kill

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

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

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

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

10. What does Ishtar say Gilgamesh's goats shall bear?
(a) Twins
(b) Many offspring
(c) Triplets
(d) Horns of gold

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

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

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

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

15. Ishtar asks her father to give her ______________.
(a) The bull of heaven
(b) The key to the underworld
(c) Humbaba's soul
(d) An army

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gilgamesh have to do before they can start their journey?

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

3. Where does Enkidu go in his dream?

4. How far down does the mountain reach?

5. What presumably is written on the scribes tablet in the underworld?

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