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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the eight winds do to Humbaba?
(a) Blow down the trees on top of him
(b) Immobilize him
(c) Blow him into the sea
(d) Blow him to the underworld

2. Who appointed Humbaba protector of the forest?
(a) Shamash
(b) Ninsun
(c) Enlil
(d) Anu

3. What type of drink is Enkidu used to drinking?
(a) The milk of wild animals
(b) Cow's milk
(c) Water from a stream
(d) The wine drunk in the city

4. What does Enkidu do with the animals he finds in the woods?
(a) Captures them to sell in the city
(b) Teaches them to attack Gilgamesh
(c) Kills them for the fur
(d) Frees them from traps

5. What is a recension?
(a) A time when water recedes after a flood
(b) A period of extreme famine
(c) A time of economic depression
(d) A revision of a text

Short Answer Questions

1. What is another name for Humbaba?

2. At what time of night does Gilgamesh awaken Enkidu to tell him about his dream?

3. Who is Ninsun?

4. What is the name of the temple where Gilgamesh and Enkidu go to pray?

5. What things do the shepherds teach Enkidu?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the people of Uruk celebrate the axe in Gilgamesh's dream?

2. Describe the battle between Enkidu and Gilgamesh.

3. Enkidu is even more afraid when his hand becomes paralyzed after touching the forest gate. Describe the speech Gilgamesh makes to his friend to encourage him.

4. What does Enkidu counsel Gilgamesh to do with Humbaba and why?

5. Compare and contrast Gilgamesh's insult to Ishtar with the one issued by Enkidu.

6. Describe Enkidu's relationship with the shepherds.

7. Describe the bull of heaven.

8. When Utnapishtim wakes Gilgamesh after seven days what does he tell him to do? Where does Urshanabi take Gilgamesh?

9. Why is it significant that Gilgamesh cannot stay awake to pass the test Utnapishtim sets before him?

10. Discuss the procession that sees Gilgamesh off on his adventure.

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