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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At first, how does the wine maiden Sabitu feel about Gilgamesh?
(a) She is angry.
(b) She is surprised.
(c) She is excited.
(d) She is frightened.

2. Can one become immortal by feats of daring alone?
(a) Sometimes.
(b) No.
(c) Yes.
(d) Maybe.

3. Where do the two decide to rest and sleep?
(a) In a cave.
(b) By the river.
(c) On the edge of the cliff.
(d) At a spot with a fresh spring.

4. What does Urshanabi offer Gilgamesh?
(a) Everything.
(b) Another option.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A new boat.

5. What happens to Enkidu?
(a) He marries Ishtar.
(b) He contracts a fever and his dreams grow more intense.
(c) He is poisoned.
(d) He becomes angry with Gilgamesh.

6. How many straight poles must Gilgamesh cut down?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Ten.
(c) One hundred and ten.
(d) One hundred.

7. What does Utnapishtim demand to know about the stranger?
(a) If he is a King.
(b) Why he does not go home.
(c) His identity and how he came to be there.
(d) If he is intelligent.

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

9. What does this god ask Gilgamesh?
(a) Why he does not turn back.
(b) Why he has not found Enkidu.
(c) Where he has been.
(d) How he came to be here in the garden, so gaunt and disheveled.

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

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

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

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

14. What does Sabitu do after he thanks her?
(a) She shoves him out the door.
(b) She laughs at him.
(c) She points him toward the Bitter River.
(d) She ignores him.

15. Where does Utnapishtim order the boatman to take Gilgamesh?
(a) Home, immediately.
(b) A place where he can wash and change into more clothing appropriate for his journey home.
(c) The underworld.
(d) Another town on the Bitter River.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom does Utnapishtim prepare a feast?

2. What does Gilgamesh do for many days and nights?

3. Why does she feel this way about Gilgamesh?

4. What prevents Gilgamesh from doing any further damage?

5. What does Gilgamesh assure Enkidu?

(see the answer keys)

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