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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Gilgamesh put over Enkidu when he is dead?
(a) A royal cloak
(b) Fir branches
(c) A veil like a bride
(d) A wolf pelt

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

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

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

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

7. What does Gilgamesh do with the horns of the bull of heaven?
(a) Sacrifices them to Shamash
(b) Hangs them in the temple
(c) Hangs them above the door to his palace
(d) Hangs them in his throne room

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

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

10. When does Gilgamesh begin mourning for Enkidu?
(a) At midnight
(b) At morning's first glimmer
(c) At sunset
(d) At noon

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

12. Gilgamesh is now afraid of what?
(a) The forest
(b) Wild animals
(c) The desert
(d) Death

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

14. What is the name of the barmaid who dwells by the sea?
(a) Suriana
(b) Suri
(c) Sidartha
(d) Siduri

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who dreams the night of the heroes feast?

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

3. Who does Siduri say is the only person able to cross the sea to Utnapishtim?

4. Enlil decrees that which man shall die?

5. What does Enkidu do after talking with Shamash?

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