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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does the anticipated battle between the King and the savage take place?
(a) At the gate into the city.
(b) In the forest.
(c) At the temple.
(d) At the King's palace.

3. What does Enkidu refuse to do?
(a) Allow Gilgamesh to leave.
(b) Slay Gilgamesh, who is such a worthy opponent.
(c) Give Gilgamesh to the citizens.
(d) Forgive Gilgamesh.

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

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

6. Who robs a young hunter's traps?
(a) Aruru.
(b) Enkidu.
(c) Ishtar.
(d) Anu.

7. Finally, what do the city elders attempt to do?
(a) Intervene.
(b) Find a new King.
(c) Ignore the two men.
(d) Prepare the King for his departure.

8. What does Ninsun possess?
(a) A great deal of knowledge.
(b) Wealth.
(c) The ability to soothe those who are distraught.
(d) The gifts of prophecy and the interpretation of dreams.

9. How does the man respond to the girl?
(a) He says hello in return.
(b) He gives her a confused stare.
(c) He leaves.
(d) He waves to her.

10. How do the citizens feel about Enkido's behavior?
(a) Appalled.
(b) Angry.
(c) Worried.
(d) Excited.

11. For how long do the two companions grapple with the beast?
(a) Hours.
(b) One hour.
(c) A few moments.
(d) Thirty minutes.

12. As he nears the Temple of Ishtar, what happens beside him?
(a) A double-sided axe slices by and buries itself in the pavement .
(b) Ishtar joins him on his walk.
(c) The earth collapses.
(d) Endiku appears.

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

14. What do scribes do?
(a) They tell the stories of the King and Enkidu on the walls of a tomb.
(b) They engrave the stories onto stone or press the letters into wet clay.
(c) They teach Enkidu how to write.
(d) They write stories of the men's adventures on papyrus.

15. What does Ishtar ask her father Anu to create?
(a) A Bull of Heaven.
(b) A Bird of Heaven.
(c) A Lion of Heaven.
(d) A Horse of Heaven.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is done with the entrails?

2. What is done with the carcass of the beast?

3. What does Enkidu resolve to do?

4. Why does Gilgamesh pour meal on the earth?

5. To what is this man compared?

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