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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 Gilgamesh beg Enkidu to do?
(a) Forget his dream.
(b) Relate the dreams so that he can tell them to his mother.
(c) Stay awake.
(d) Leave Uruk.

2. How does the King respond?
(a) He does not answer.
(b) The same way he always has responded.
(c) He responds with a question.
(d) He responds differently than he has in the past.

3. Why does Gilgamesh immediately repent?
(a) He feels instant remorse.
(b) He hears his ancestor's name.
(c) He hears the voice of Shamash.
(d) He fears Ishtar's wrath.

4. How has Gilgamesh made travel in the boat impossible?
(a) By breaking the oars.
(b) By breaking the oarlocks.
(c) By destroying the sails.
(d) By destroying the deck.

5. What does Sabitu explain that Gilgamesh will find?
(a) A high mountain.
(b) A steep cliff.
(c) An island with a man in a hammock.
(d) A boat and a boat pilot named Urshanabi.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens to Gilgamesh, after reaching the plant?

3. What does this plant do?

4. Can one become immortal by feats of daring alone?

5. What does Utnapishtim demand to know about the stranger?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens because of Gilgamesh's impatience?

4. How does Gilgamesh arrive at the short of the Bitter River?

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

6. What does Utnapishtim agree to tell Gilgamesh?

7. Why is the crow sent out? Why does it not return?

8. What option does Urshanabi offer Gilgamesh?

9. What takes place in Enkidu's dream?

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

(see the answer keys)

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