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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 does Enkidu refuse to do?
(a) Forgive Gilgamesh.
(b) Allow Gilgamesh to leave.
(c) Give Gilgamesh to the citizens.
(d) Slay Gilgamesh, who is such a worthy opponent.

2. What must Gilgamesh do for Ishtar?
(a) Kill another monster.
(b) Kill Enkidu.
(c) Marry her.
(d) Visit the underworld.

3. Why is Enkidu enchanted by the young girl?
(a) She is the first woman he has ever seen.
(b) She reminds him of a gazelle.
(c) She is very beautiful.
(d) She is the first human he has ever seen.

4. What is a city of fine houses, magnificent temples, marketplaces, and groves of trees?
(a) Emar.
(b) Larsa.
(c) Uruk.
(d) Babylon.

5. The slightest touch of what waters causes immediate death?
(a) The Bitter River.
(b) The Euphrates River.
(c) The Tiber River.
(d) The Swift River.

Short Answer Questions

1. By whom is Gilgamesh welcomed?

2. After Harim and Enkidu proceed to the temple, what does the young priestess do?

3. What does Enkidu, along with three hundred armed warriors, do?

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

5. Of what does Gilgamesh remind her?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ishtar threaten her father?

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

3. What eclipses Enkidu entrance into the city?

4. How does Enkidu react to the young priestess?

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

6. What takes place in Gilgamesh's dream?

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

8. Who are the main gods Gilgamesh's people possess?

9. How does Ishtar threaten Gilgamesh?

10. What adventure does the King propose? What is Enkidu's reaction?

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