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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the name of the god to whom Ninsun prays?
2. What is stilled into silence when the men behold the forest?
3. Gilgamesh's dreams are an example of what kind of narrative technique?
4. What does Gilgamesh's mother tell him the two dreams mean?
5. Gilgamesh is ____________, while Enkidu is _____________.
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Urshanabi prevented from immediately conducting Gilgamesh across the sea?
2. Who speaks the last lines of the Tablet?
3. Describe what Enkidu sees in his dream of the underworld.
4. Enkidu is even more afraid when his hand becomes paralyzed after touching the forest gate. Describe the speech Gilgamesh makes to his friend to encourage him.
5. Describe the city of Uruk.
6. Compare and contrast Gilgamesh's insult to Ishtar with the one issued by Enkidu.
7. Describe where the Gilgamesh tablets are found and who found them.
8. Discuss the procession that sees Gilgamesh off on his adventure.
9. Describe Gilgamesh's journey through the mountain paths of Mashu.
10. What effect do the missing lines of interpretation have on Gilgamesh's dreams?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss fear as it is used in the story. Gilgamesh is afraid to admit when he is afraid but he cries after hearing the elders' description of Humbaba. Enkidu is not afraid to voice his concerns. Enkidu seems to understand that fear can be a positive attribute for a man. Is fear a positive attribute in a hero?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the role of women in the Gilgamesh epic. The courtesan functions to lead Enkidu out of the woods and introduce him to civilization. This could be considered a good event or a bad event. Ishtar becomes enraged when Gilgamesh spurns her love. Ishtar does not easily let her anger go and calls down terrible curses on Gilgamesh and Enkidu.
Essay Topic 3
Enlil is said to be the god who appointed Humbaba protector of the cedar forest. In Tablet, 7 Enlil is the god who announces that Enkidu shall die for his part in the killing of Humbaba, the bull of heaven and cutting down the cedar forest. Knowing that Enlil wanted the forest protected why do you think he chooses Enkidu over Gilgamesh as the one to die? Do you think that Enkidu's previous knowledge of Humbaba and the forest plays a role in Enlil's decision? Does Enlil count Gilgamesh innocent because he did not originally know the story of Humbaba and the cedar forest?
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