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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. How do Gilgamesh and Enkidu establish their friendship?
(a) By announcing their pact in formal court
(b) With a handshake
(c) By drinking each other's blood
(d) With a kiss

2. How many hours do Gilgamesh and Enkidu walk in one day?
(a) twenty-five double hours
(b) thirty double hours
(c) twenty double hours
(d) Fifty double hours

3. What does Gilgamesh's mother tell him the two dreams mean?
(a) That the city of Uruk will fall
(b) That a companion is coming to help Gilgamesh
(c) That he will have a son
(d) That his death is imminent

4. What university in Pennsylvania owns a large portion of the Gilgamesh tablets?
(a) Temple University
(b) Penn State University
(c) University of Pennsylvania
(d) University of Philadelphia

5. Humbaba asks Gilgamesh to not do what to him?
(a) Kill him
(b) Burn the forest down
(c) Banish him from the forest
(d) Cut down all the trees

Short Answer Questions

1. What will supposedly make Enkidu lose his power?

2. What is the woman called who seduces Enkidu?

3. What is another name for Humbaba?

4. What does Enkidu have knowledge of after being with the woman?

5. What does Enkidu tell Gilgamesh is guarding the Cedar Forest?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what Enkidu sees in his dream of the underworld.

2. What does Ninsun wear to pray to Shamash? Why does she dress this way?

3. What does the flood and the salvation of one family represent?

4. Describe Gilgamesh's attitude towards the journey to the forest.

5. How does Gilgamesh's decision to cut down all the trees of the cedar forest represent his continued rashness and inability to exercise moderation?

6. Discuss Enkidu's interpretations of Gilgamesh's dreams.

7. Why must Gilgamesh confront the demon as soon as they arrive at the cedar forest?

8. What does Enkidu already know about death because of his upbringing in the wilderness?

9. Describe Gilgamesh's actions following the beheading of Humbaba.

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

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