2. What is Utnapishtim doing at the beginning of this chapter?
(a) Lying in his hammock on the further shore of the Bitter River.
(b) Fishing in the Bitter River.
(c) Eating dinner.
(d) Chopping firewood.

3. What does Gilgamesh spot?
(a) The island with the man in a hammock.
(b) The cliff off which he must jump.
(c) The mountain he must climb.
(d) The boat that is to carry him across.

4. What does the scorpion-man describe to Gilgamesh?
(a) The terain of the surrounding land.
(b) His ancestors.
(c) The path to take.
(d) The perils of passing through the caverns.

5. How does Gilgamesh arrive at the shore of the Bitter River?
(a) Disappointed.
(b) Excited.
(c) With many incidents.
(d) Without incident.

6. Of what does Sabitu remind the King?
(a) The floods.
(b) The earthquakes.
(c) The deadly Bitter River.
(d) The Mashu Mountains.

7. What happens as Gilgamesh bathes?
(a) The magic plant is eaten by the animals.
(b) The magic plant falls back in the water.
(c) The magic plant is quickly absconded with by a snake.
(d) The magic plant shrivels and dies.

8. How does the wife of Utnapishtim describe Gilgamesh?
(a) A stranger.
(b) As a young man, thin and haggered, but otherwise like to she and her husband.
(c) As an odd looking man.
(d) A filthy mess.

9. Of what does Chapter Nine mark the beginning?
(a) The third episode of the epic of Gilgamesh.
(b) The second episode of the epic of Gilgamesh.
(c) The third episode of the epic of Enkidu.
(d) The second episode of the epic of Enkidu.

10. Why does the dove that is released return?
(a) It has been told to return.
(b) It is afraid to go to land.
(c) It misses the creatures on the ark.
(d) Having found no place to land.

11. After Gilgamesh tells his story, how does Utnapishtim answer?
(a) He laughs at him.
(b) In a very different way from the others.
(c) He does not answer him.
(d) In much the same way Gilgamesh has been answered all along.

12. What does Utnapishtim agree to do?
(a) Be kind to Gilgamesh.
(b) Tell Gilgamesh the story of how he became immortal.
(c) Not punish the boatman.
(d) Help Gilgamesh get home.

13. Who blesses Utnapishtim and his wife, making them immortal?
(a) Anu.
(b) Enlil.
(c) Aruru.
(d) Ishtar.

14. What does Gilgamesh reason?
(a) Because Ishtar is unkind, she should be killed.
(b) Because Enkidu is not the King, he should be the only one banished.
(c) Because they committed all their acts together, they cannot die separately.
(d) Because the gods like him, he should become immortal.

15. What does Gilgamesh do for many days and nights?
(a) Wanders on foot.
(b) Sleeps.
(c) Cries.
(d) Dreams.