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

3. Why does Gilgamesh immediately repent?
(a) He feels instant remorse.
(b) He fears Ishtar's wrath.
(c) He hears the voice of Shamash.
(d) He hears his ancestor's name.

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

5. What does Sabitu ask the King?
(a) If she may join him on his journey.
(b) What he seeks.
(c) Why he seeks his ancestor.
(d) Why he does not go home.

6. What does Enkidu do to the tall cedar gate, the hunters, and Harim?
(a) He misses them.
(b) He thanks them.
(c) He wonders what has happened to them.
(d) He curses them.

7. What bird is sent out and does not return?
(a) A crow.
(b) A crane.
(c) A dove.
(d) A swallow.

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

9. What does one of the scorpion-men do upon seeing Gilgamesh?
(a) He tells him to turn around and go home.
(b) He asks his identity.
(c) He attempts to kill him.
(d) He bows down to his King.

10. Why has Gilgamesh come to seek his ancestor?
(a) So he can build a friendship with him.
(b) So he can meet his family.
(c) So he can become immortal.
(d) So he can tell Gilgamesh where Enkidu is and whether of not Gilgamesh must die.

11. What does Utnapishtim promise to do to the boatman?
(a) Punish him who aided Gilgamesh on his journey.
(b) Ignore him.
(c) Reward him for aiding Gilgamesh on his journey.
(d) Treat him the way he has always treated him.

12. What is natural to man?
(a) Mortality.
(b) Love.
(c) Peace.
(d) Honor.

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

14. What does Gilgamesh wonder about Utnapishtim?
(a) How did he come to be immortal.
(b) If he is immortal.
(c) Why he lives by the Bitter River.
(d) Why he left Gilgamesh's mother.

15. Does Utnapishtim agree to aid Gilgamesh in his impossible mission?
(a) At first.
(b) No.
(c) Not necessarily.
(d) Yes.