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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does she feel this way about Gilgamesh?
(a) He has wild and unkempt looks.
(b) He is very handsome.
(c) He has disturbed her peace.
(d) He came upon her very quietly.

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

3. Unable to revive his friend, what does Gilgamesh do?
(a) He begs Shamash for help.
(b) He goes to his goddess-mother to question his own mortality.
(c) He goes to the forest.
(d) He wanders aimlessly through the streets.

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

5. How long does Gilgamesh wait for Urshanabi to arrive?
(a) Ten days and nights.
(b) Four days and nights.
(c) Untold days and nights.
(d) Twenty-four days and nights.

6. What does the god Shamash do to the sleeping Enkidu?
(a) He praises him.
(b) He kills him.
(c) He scolds him.
(d) He protects him.

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

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

9. What does Sabitu explain that Gilgamesh will find?
(a) A boat and a boat pilot named Urshanabi.
(b) A high mountain.
(c) A steep cliff.
(d) An island with a man in a hammock.

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

11. How does the scorpion man's wife reply?
(a) Do not kill the stranger. Let him speak.
(b) This is Gilgamesh, our King.
(c) The stranger is two-thirds god and one-third man.
(d) Allow the stranger to stay.

12. What happens when both Gilgamesh and Urshanabi take a morsel of the plant?
(a) They are happier than they ever imagined they could be.
(b) They suddenly feel all heaviness drop from their limbs.
(c) They become violently ill.
(d) They become immortal.

13. What does Utnapishtim think about Gilgamesh's response?
(a) He is displeased.
(b) He is surprised.
(c) He is saddened.
(d) He is pleased.

14. 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.

15. What does Gilgamesh do when he notices this?
(a) He pursues the animals.
(b) He pursues the animal.
(c) He jumps in the water.
(d) He tries to revive the plant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What bird is sent out and does not return?

2. Gilgamesh must traverse the deep caverns beneath the Mountains of Mashu in order to reach whom?

3. Of what does Chapter Nine mark the beginning?

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

5. After Gilgamesh tells his story, how does Utnapishtim answer?

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