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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 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 write stories of the men's adventures on papyrus.
(d) They engrave the stories onto stone or press the letters into wet clay.

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

3. Watching the battle between Humbaba and the two friends, what happens to the goddess Ishtar?
(a) She is amused.
(b) She is saddened.
(c) She becomes angry.
(d) She is moved from enraged to enamored.

4. With the return of the two heroes, what happens in Uruk?
(a) A holiday is declared.
(b) The gods arrive.
(c) An earthquake.
(d) Work on the wall continues.

5. How does the young girl feel when she sees the man?
(a) She is terrified.
(b) She is irritated.
(c) She is unsure.
(d) She is excited.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ninsun ask her son to do?

2. Seeing his bravery and his skill in battle, with whom does Ishtar fall in love?

3. What is done with the carcass of the beast?

4. To what is this man compared?

5. Upon their arrival, what do they find the citizens doing?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the King plan to rid Uruk of Enkidu?

2. Describe Gilgamesh's world.

3. What takes place in Gilgamesh's dream?

4. What happens when Harim leads Enkidu into Uruk?

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

6. What eclipses Enkidu entrance into the city?

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

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

9. How does Enkidu react to the young priestess?

10. How do the citizens, Enkidu, and Gilgamesh fight the bull?

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