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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. To what does Gilgamesh compare Enkidu?
(a) Himself
(b) A great bear
(c) Weapons that are always by his side
(d) One of the gods

7. How does Gilgamesh finally know that Enkidu is dead?
(a) Enkidu is dark and cannot hear Gilgamesh.
(b) The animals come to eat the dead meat.
(c) The priests take Enkidu's body away.
(d) Enkidu's body begins to rot away.

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

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

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

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

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

13. What animal did Enkidu chase on the steppe?
(a) A bear
(b) A panther
(c) A wolf
(d) A fox

14. Who did Gilgamesh get to kiss Enkidu's feet?
(a) The princes of the earth
(b) Shamash
(c) The gods
(d) Ishtar

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Enkidu enters the underworld?

2. Gilgamesh is afraid he will die in what?

3. What word does Gilgamesh use to refer to Enkidu's death in line 13 of Column 2?

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

5. How far down does the mountain reach?

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