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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Gilgamesh and Enkidu grow to be?
(a) More like friends than brothers.
(b) Tolerable of one another.
(c) More like brothers than simple friends.
(d) Enemies.

2. In what do Gilgamesh and Enkidu take part?
(a) A festival.
(b) A feast.
(c) Various contests and feats of strength.
(d) A dance.

3. What does Enkidu then hear?
(a) The laughter of the other gods.
(b) The angry voices of the other gods.
(c) The cries of the other gods.
(d) The screams of the other gods.

4. What does the double-edged axe symbolize?
(a) An intelligent man.
(b) A dangerous man.
(c) A kind man.
(d) A nervous man.

5. With the return of the two heroes, what happens in Uruk?
(a) Work on the wall continues.
(b) The gods arrive.
(c) An earthquake.
(d) A holiday is declared.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gilgamesh beg Enkidu to do?

2. Of what does Gilgamesh remind her?

3. What does Gilgamesh do to the beast?

4. What does the scorpion-man describe to Gilgamesh?

5. What does Enkido do when Gilgamesh attempts to enter?

(see the answer key)

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