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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 people of Uruk do with the axe in Gilgamesh's dream?
(a) Use it to kill Gilgamesh
(b) Celebrate around it
(c) Bury it
(d) Throw it in the river

2. What will supposedly make Enkidu lose his power?
(a) Fighting a giant
(b) Drinking wine
(c) Having his hair cut
(d) Being seduced by a woman

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

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

5. What does Gilgamesh say will happen if Humbaba kills him?
(a) Gilgamesh's name will live on forever.
(b) Enkidu will have to kill Humbaba.
(c) The people of Uruk will hunt down the demon.
(d) Gilgamesh will burn down the forest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Gilgamesh see the ax in his dream?

2. What does the courtesan use to clothe Enkidu?

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

4. From where does Gilgamesh's mother say his companion will come?

5. Where do Gilgamesh and Enkidu first meet?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the bull of heaven.

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

3. Why are the gods responsible for creating a second man to be a counterpart to Gilgamesh?

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

5. Discuss why Enkidu is angered by news of the celebration in Uruk.

6. What does Shamash say to Enkidu after Enkidu curses the courtesan?

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

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

9. Describe the items Isthar promises Gilgamesh if he will become her husband.

10. Describe Ekidnu's character.

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