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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 happens as Harim leads Enkidu into Uruk?
(a) He is taunted.
(b) He is ignored.
(c) He is captured.
(d) He is besieged by curious onlookers.

2. What do scribes do?
(a) They teach Enkidu how to write.
(b) They tell the stories of the King and Enkidu on the walls of a tomb.
(c) They engrave the stories onto stone or press the letters into wet clay.
(d) They write stories of the men's adventures on papyrus.

3. What does the double-edged axe symbolize?
(a) A nervous man.
(b) An intelligent man.
(c) A kind man.
(d) A dangerous man.

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

5. Seeing his bravery and his skill in battle, with whom does Ishtar fall in love?
(a) Gilgamesh.
(b) Enkidu.
(c) Humbaba.
(d) Anu.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Ishtar's wishes, what does the creature do?

2. In three days, what have Gilgamesh and Enkidu done?

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

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. What eclipses Enkidu entrance into the city?

2. How is Enkidu convinced to join the King on his adventure?

3. What do the hunter and his father find in Uruk?

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

5. Why is there a wall surrounding Uruk?

6. How does Ishtar threaten Gilgamesh?

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

8. What happens when Harim leads Enkidu into Uruk?

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

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

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