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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Is man meant to be immortal?
(a) Maybe.
(b) No.
(c) Yes.
(d) Some.

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

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

8. What does Enkidu then hear?
(a) The laughter of the other gods.
(b) The cries of the other gods.
(c) The screams of the other gods.
(d) The angry voices of the other gods.

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

10. What is Gilgamesh's explanation?
(a) He tells her nothing.
(b) He lies about his travels.
(c) He tells her a part of the story.
(d) He tells the story of Enkidu's death and his terrible journey.

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

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

13. Why does Gilgamesh lift a stone and throw it down onto the boat?
(a) He hopes to wake the boatman.
(b) He is unable to control his impatient anger.
(c) He is afraid of the boatman.
(d) He does not know what to do.

14. Gilgamesh must traverse the deep caverns beneath the Mountains of Mashu in order to reach whom?
(a) Utnapishtim.
(b) Siva.
(c) Shamash.
(d) Shiva.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Enkidu do to the tall cedar gate, the hunters, and Harim?

2. What does Sabitu explain that Gilgamesh will find?

3. Why does Gilgamesh lament to Utnapishtim?

4. What is natural to man?

5. What do most of the gods want?

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