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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What should Gilgamesh not do?
(a) Speak to Ishtar.
(b) Walk the streets or approach the Temple of Ishtar.
(c) Leave his home.
(d) Be near Endiku.

2. What does the King attempt to do to the savage?
(a) Kill him.
(b) Ignore him.
(c) Hug him.
(d) Push him aside.

3. How does the wild man find himself when sitting beside the young priestess?
(a) Sad.
(b) Utterly content.
(c) Worried.
(d) Nervous.

4. What does Gilgamesh do to the beast?
(a) He breaks its wings.
(b) He forgives it.
(c) He throws a spear straight into its throat.
(d) He chops off its head.

5. Why does Gilgamesh believe he is invincible?
(a) He is very smart.
(b) He is a god.
(c) He is two parts god and only one part man.
(d) He is very strong.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Enlil feel about Shamash's pity for mankind?

2. How does King Gilgamesh surprise his people, regarding this person?

3. Why do the hunter and his father head to the city?

4. Over whom does Anu hesitate to take the side of the common people?

5. With the return of the two heroes, what happens in Uruk?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Gilgamesh go to his mother for advice?

2. Of what does Gilgamesh remind Ishtar? How does she react?

3. How does Gilgamesh react to his mother's warning?

4. How does this wall affect the people of Uruk?

5. How does Ishtar react to the battle between Humbaba and the two friends?

6. How does Enkidu react to the young priestess?

7. How are the heroes greeted by the citizens of Uruk?

8. What happens to the hunter? What does he do in reaction to this?

9. How does Enlil react to Shamash's pity for mankind?

10. What eclipses Enkidu entrance into the city?

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