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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. Who blesses Utnapishtim and his wife, making them immortal?
(a) Anu.
(b) Ishtar.
(c) Aruru.
(d) Enlil.

2. What does Enkidu do to the tall cedar gate, the hunters, and Harim?
(a) He misses them.
(b) He wonders what has happened to them.
(c) He thanks them.
(d) He curses them.

3. After Gilgamesh tells his story, how does Utnapishtim answer?
(a) He laughs at him.
(b) He does not answer him.
(c) In a very different way from the others.
(d) In much the same way Gilgamesh has been answered all along.

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

5. What happens when both Gilgamesh and Urshanabi take a morsel of the plant?
(a) They suddenly feel all heaviness drop from their limbs.
(b) They become violently ill.
(c) They become immortal.
(d) They are happier than they ever imagined they could be.

Short Answer Questions

1. What bird is sent out and does not return?

2. What does Sabitu do after exiting her house?

3. Through the trees, what does Gilgamesh see?

4. What does Gilgamesh beg Enkidu to do?

5. Why does Gilgamesh immediately repent?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Gilgamesh lose the magic weed?

2. How does Utnapishtim's wife describe Gilgamesh?

3. How long does the storm last? What happens when the water begins to recede?

4. What does Sabitu explain to Gilgamesh that he will find on the shore?

5. How does the wine maiden, Sabitu, react to Gilgamesh's appearance?

6. What must Gilgamesh do to reach Utnapishtim?

7. What does the scorpion-man urge Gilgamesh to do? How does Gilgamesh respond?

8. What takes place in Enkidu's dream?

9. What option does Urshanabi offer Gilgamesh?

10. What does the King do when he sees Uruk?

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