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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. Why does the dove that is released return?
(a) It has been told to return.
(b) Having found no place to land.
(c) It misses the creatures on the ark.
(d) It is afraid to go to land.

2. What does the wife of Utnapishtim urge her husband to give Gilgamesh?
(a) Something that will allow him to return to Uruk honorably.
(b) A hug.
(c) Immortality.
(d) A chance to find Enkidu.

3. What does one of the scorpion-men do upon seeing Gilgamesh?
(a) He tells him to turn around and go home.
(b) He bows down to his King.
(c) He asks his identity.
(d) He attempts to kill him.

4. How is Gilgamesh treated by Utnapishtim?
(a) He is humiliated.
(b) He is warmly welcomed.
(c) He is rebuked.
(d) He is ignored.

5. Of what does Chapter Nine mark the beginning?
(a) The second episode of the epic of Gilgamesh.
(b) The third episode of the epic of Enkidu.
(c) The third episode of the epic of Gilgamesh.
(d) The second episode of the epic of Enkidu.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the scorpion-man urge Gilgamesh to do?

2. What does Enkidu then hear?

3. What happens when both Gilgamesh and Urshanabi take a morsel of the plant?

4. What does Sabitu do after exiting her house?

5. Immediately following the slaying of the creature, what happens to Enkidu?

Short Essay Questions

1. What takes place in Enkidu's dream?

2. How does Utnapishtim respond to Gilgamesh's quest?

3. How does Gilgamesh lose the magic weed?

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

5. What does Utnapishtim agree to tell Gilgamesh?

6. What does the boatman say to Gilgamesh, regarding his quest?

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

8. What happens when Gilgamesh reaches the Mountains of Mashu?

9. How does Sabitu react after Gilgamesh tells his story?

10. What happens after the slaying of the Bull of Heaven?

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