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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 axe and meteorite signify in relationship to Enkidu?
(a) They are weapons Gilgamesh will use to destroy Uruk
(b) They predict how he will die
(c) They are elements of the relationship between Enkidu and Gilgamesh
(d) They are weapons Enkidu will use to kill Gilgamesh

2. Who intercedes to help Gilgamesh overcome Humbaba?
(a) Ninsun
(b) Anu
(c) Enlil
(d) Shamash

3. Who is Ninsun?
(a) Gilgamesh's mother
(b) Enkidu's wife
(c) Enkidu's mother
(d) Gilgamesh's wife

4. By what phrase does Enkidu refer to Ninsun?
(a) Mighty princess
(b) Queen of men
(c) goddess of the sky
(d) Wild cow

5. What happens to those who go to the cedar forest?
(a) Humbaba eats them
(b) They are turned to stone
(c) Weakness overtakes them
(d) The gate burns them

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Enkidu live?

2. What does Enkidu forget when he is sitting before the courtesan?

3. How many days would it take a mortal man to travel as far as Gilgamesh and Enkidu cover in fifty double hours?

4. Gilgamesh is ____________, while Enkidu is _____________.

5. What does Enkidu do with the animals he finds in the woods?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Gilgamesh's dreams.

2. Describe the monument Gilgamesh has constructed in Enkidu's honor. What precious stones are used? Why are these stones chosen?

3. Who does Gilgamesh decide to find and why does he wish to talk to this person/thing?

4. Describe the encounter Gilgamesh has in which the snake steals the plant of youth.

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

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

7. Describe the Cedar Forest as Gilgamesh and Enkidu encounter it.

8. Describe Gilgamesh's character.

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

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

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