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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who guards the mountain?
(a) The scorpion people
(b) A pack of werewolves
(c) A three headed dog
(d) Another demon like Humbaba

2. What animal did Enkidu chase on the steppe?
(a) A wolf
(b) A bear
(c) A fox
(d) A panther

3. What does the mountain watch over?
(a) The tides of the sea
(b) The rising and setting of the moon
(c) The people of Uruk
(d) The rising and setting of the sun

4. What does Enkidu do after talking with Shamash?
(a) Cries
(b) Changes the courtesan's curse into a blessing
(c) Curses Shamash
(d) Dies

5. How does Gilgamesh finally know that Enkidu is dead?
(a) The animals come to eat the dead meat.
(b) Enkidu is dark and cannot hear Gilgamesh.
(c) Enkidu's body begins to rot away.
(d) The priests take Enkidu's body away.

Short Answer Questions

1. Including animals, how many lovers does Gilgamesh say that Ishtar has had?

2. Enlil decrees that which man shall die?

3. Gilgamesh is afraid he will die in what?

4. What happens to Enkidu after the gods fight?

5. What type of demons will pull Gilgamesh's chariot?

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