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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the elders suggest that a man be created?
(a) To be Gilgamesh's companion.
(b) To scare Gilgamesh.
(c) To be Gilgamesh's brother.
(d) To destroy Gilgamesh.

2. To what is this man compared?
(a) A father.
(b) A neighbor.
(c) An enemy.
(d) A brother.

3. Who does Ishtar gather together?
(a) The citizens of Uruk.
(b) The royal family.
(c) All the gods from all parts of heaven.
(d) Enkidu and Gilgamesh.

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

5. How does Ishtar feel about the elders' plan?
(a) She is unsure about it.
(b) She agrees with it at first.
(c) She agrees with it.
(d) She disagrees with it.

6. What does Ninsun do at the temple?
(a) She prays to the god Anu.
(b) She prays to the god Shamash.
(c) She prays to the god Aruru.
(d) She prays to the god Ishtar.

7. How does the story of Gilgamesh begin?
(a) With the story of how Gilgamesh gained immortality.
(b) With an account of how Gilgamesh becomes King.
(c) With the story of Gilgamesh's birth.
(d) With an account of the geography of his world.

8. By whom is Gilgamesh welcomed?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) Ishtar.
(d) Anu.

9. How does the goddess Ishtar feel about what has taken place?
(a) She is besider herself with anxiety.
(b) She is beside herself with rage.
(c) She is besider herself with happiness.
(d) She is beside herself with saddness.

10. What does the King attempt to do to the savage?
(a) Hug him.
(b) Ignore him.
(c) Kill him.
(d) Push him aside.

11. What does Enkidu, along with three hundred armed warriors, do?
(a) He comes out to meet the beast.
(b) He protects the creature.
(c) He chases the creature from the city.
(d) He begs for Gilgamesh's help in killing the beast.

12. What do Gilgamesh and Enkidu do when Ishtar calls the gods to battle against them?
(a) They ignore her and set off for Uruk.
(b) They laugh at her.
(c) They plan to meet with the other gods.
(d) They plead with her to leave them alone.

13. Of what does Gilgamesh remind her?
(a) He loves Enkidu.
(b) Every lover she has ever taken has been destroyed.
(c) There are no more monsters to be killed.
(d) He cannot enter the underworld.

14. How does King Gilgamesh surprise his people, regarding this person?
(a) He does not offer to fight Enkidu himself.
(b) He does not want to fight Anu alone.
(c) He plans to fight Aruru.
(d) He will marry Ishtar.

15. What is the adventure the King proposes?
(a) Traveling to the underworld.
(b) Dragon hunting.
(c) A trip around the world.
(d) Killing the monster Humbaba.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ninsun possess?

2. Who robs a young hunter's traps?

3. Seeing his bravery and his skill in battle, with whom does Ishtar fall in love?

4. Finally, what do the city elders attempt to do?

5. What is this dream, according to Gilgamesh's mother?

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