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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Enkidu go in his dream?
(a) Back to the Shepherds
(b) To the house of Irkalla
(c) To live with the gods
(d) To the Cedar Forest

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

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

4. To whom does Gilgamesh address his lamentions?
(a) Ninsun
(b) Shamash
(c) Enlil
(d) The elders

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

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

7. What does the bull of heaven do on his third snort?
(a) Kill five hundred men
(b) Attack Gilgamesh
(c) Attack Enkidu
(d) Kill Ishtar

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

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

10. Who does Siduri think Gilgamesh is when she sees him?
(a) A god
(b) A criminal
(c) A demon
(d) Gilgamesh

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

12. What does Gilgamesh see when he steps into the light?
(a) The underworld
(b) Enkidu
(c) A beautiful garden
(d) The top of the mountain

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

14. Gilgamesh raises his voice like what animal crying for her young?
(a) A wolf
(b) A bird
(c) A lioness
(d) A bear

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many pits did Ishtar dig for the lion?

2. Ishtar asks her father to give her ______________.

3. How does Gilgamesh cry?

4. What are the names of the two kings Enkidu identifies in the underworld?

5. Gilgamesh is afraid he will die in what?

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