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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 does Gilgamesh do before Shamash each time they stop?
(a) Digs a well
(b) Drinks wine
(c) Offers a sacrifice
(d) Kneels to pray five times

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

3. What is the name of the god to whom Ninsun prays?
(a) Shamain
(b) Shamash
(c) Saecean
(d) Egalmah

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Gilgamesh pour out his fine-meal?

2. How long are Enkidu and the woman together?

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

4. Humbaba promises to be Gilgamesh's what if left alive?

5. Where do Gilgamesh and Enkidu first meet?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Urshanabi prevented from immediately conducting Gilgamesh across the sea?

2. Describe Gilgamesh's answer to Siduri about why his appearance is so rough.

3. Who does Gilgamesh command to mourn for Enkidu? How long does Gilgamesh mourn?

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

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

6. Why do the scorpion people finally agree to let Gilgamesh pass through the gates into the mountain paths?

7. Describe where the Gilgamesh tablets are found and who found them.

8. Describe the disappointment awaiting Gilgamesh when he finally meets Utnapishtim.

9. What does the barmaid tell Gilgamesh and what do her words foreshadow?

10. Describe the only available way to cross to Utnapishtim.

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