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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Watching the battle between Humbaba and the two friends, what happens to the goddess Ishtar?
(a) She is amused.
(b) She is moved from enraged to enamored.
(c) She becomes angry.
(d) She is saddened.

2. Why do the hunter and his father head to the city?
(a) To report the matter to the King.
(b) To complain about Gilgamesh's behavior.
(c) To find someone to kill Enkidu.
(d) To find a god to help them.

3. What does the girl do when she looks beyond the savagery of this man's appearance to the gentleness of his nature?
(a) She goes to Enkidu.
(b) She leaves the forest.
(c) She smiles at him.
(d) She says hello.

4. What does Enkidu resolve to do?
(a) Stop Gilgamesh.
(b) Leave Gilgamesh and his new life.
(c) Accompany his friend and to make the needed sacrifice.
(d) Meet with the gods.

5. Why does Gilgamesh believe he is invincible?
(a) He is very strong.
(b) He is very smart.
(c) He is a god.
(d) He is two parts god and only one part man.

6. In his dream, what is Gilgamesh doing?
(a) Eating dinner.
(b) Speaking to his people.
(c) Walking through the forest.
(d) Walking through the streets of Uruk.

7. In three days, what have Gilgamesh and Enkidu done?
(a) They have reached the massive cedar gate that leads the way to Humbaba.
(b) They ahve enjoyed days of festivities.
(c) They have completed the wall.
(d) They have returned to the forest.

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

9. What is the greatest danger to this city?
(a) The god Anu.
(b) Earthquakes.
(c) Floods.
(d) The monster Humbaba.

10. What does Gilgamesh do when he has a disturbing dream?
(a) He interprets it himself.
(b) He goes immediately to his mother.
(c) He searches for Enkidu.
(d) He ignores it.

11. Upon their arrival, what do they find the citizens doing?
(a) Going about their usual business.
(b) Complaining to the King about Ekidu's behavior.
(c) Building the wall around the city.
(d) Already passing among themselves excited stories about Enkidu.

12. What is this dream, according to Gilgamesh's mother?
(a) Just a dream.
(b) A sign of what good is to come.
(c) An evil portent.
(d) Caused by the large meal he had the night before.

13. Seeing his bravery and his skill in battle, with whom does Ishtar fall in love?
(a) Enkidu.
(b) Gilgamesh.
(c) Anu.
(d) Humbaba.

14. What does Enkido do when Gilgamesh attempts to enter?
(a) He allows him to enter.
(b) He stabs him through with a sword.
(c) He blocks his path.
(d) He ignores him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who robs a young hunter's traps?

2. Why is Enkidu enchanted by the young girl?

3. When Harim enters the forest, by what is she charmed?

4. How does the man respond to the girl?

5. What happens when Enkidu hurries to the Temple of Ishtar to look for Harim?

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