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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Utnapishtim was mortal, what job did he have?,
(a) He was a carpenter.
(b) He was a blacksmith.
(c) He was a merchant.
(d) He was a cobbler.

2. What does Utnapishtim think about Gilgamesh's appearance?
(a) He is angered by it.
(b) He is surprised by it.
(c) He is disgusted by it.
(d) He is upset by it.

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

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

5. What does Sabitu do after exiting her house?
(a) She offers Gilgamesh food and wine and a place to sit.
(b) She sends Gilgamesh away.
(c) She calls for the gods.
(d) She looks for Gilgamesh's ancestor.

6. For whom does Utnapishtim prepare a feast?
(a) The people who survived the flood.
(b) The animals.
(c) His family.
(d) The gods.

7. When the water recedes on what is Utnapishtim's construction caught?
(a) The top of a mountain.
(b) A cliff.
(c) A volcano.
(d) A deep sea crater.

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

9. What request is Gilgamesh unable to do?
(a) Chop down enough straight poles.
(b) Keep from becoming angry.
(c) Stay awake for seven days and nights.
(d) Find Enkidu.

10. What happens to Gilgamesh, after reaching the plant?
(a) The water spits him onto the opposing shore.
(b) The night sends him into a cave.
(c) The cliff shakes him off the edge.
(d) The animals chase him into the forest.

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

12. What does Sabitu ask Gilgamesh about his appearance?
(a) Why is is so dirty.
(b) Why he is dressed in animal skins and why his skin appears as if it is badly burnt.
(c) Why is seems so tired.
(d) Why he is still so handsome after his travels.

13. What does Utnapishtim begin at the beginning of this chapter?
(a) The story of how he came to live by the Bitter River.
(b) The story of how he gained his immortality.
(c) The story of how he became friends with the gods.
(d) The story of how he met Gilgamesh's mother.

14. What prevents Gilgamesh from doing any further damage?
(a) Lightning strikes the boat and destroys it.
(b) He collapses.
(c) The boatman demands to know who dares to damage the boat of Utnapishtim.
(d) A god calls his name.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gilgamesh smash?

2. What does Sabitu say about what the King attempts?

3. Where do the two decide to rest and sleep?

4. Utnapishtim does as he has been told by Ea while the other citizens of Shuruppak do what?

5. What is the difficulty in getting the plant?

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