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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who robs a young hunter's traps?

2. Who does Ishtar gather together?

3. What should Gilgamesh not do?

4. What happens at that moment?

5. How does Ishtar feel about the elders' plan?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the King respond when the elders try to intervene?

3. What does Ninsun say about this dream?

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

5. What happens when Harim leads Enkidu into Uruk?

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

7. How does Ishtar threaten Gilgamesh?

8. Why is there a wall surrounding Uruk?

9. What takes place when Enkidu comes upon the King?

10. What adventure does the King propose? What is Enkidu's reaction?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The loss of the magic weed is significant.

Part 1) How does he lose it? What does his behavior regarding his care of the weed reveal about his character?

Part 2) What does this loss foreshadow?

Part 3) What does this loss mean to humanity, specifically this culture?

Essay Topic 2

Gilgamesh becomes impatient waiting for the boatman.

Part 1) Why does he become impatient? What does he do when he becomes impatient?

Part 2) What does this behavior reveal about his character?

Part 3) How does this behavior affect his quest? How might his quest have gone differently if he had behaved differently?

Essay Topic 3

The gods create Enkidu to kill Gilgamesh.

Part 1) Why do they want Enkidu to kill Gilgamesh? Could Gilgamesh be controlled without killing him? Why or why not?

Part 2) Is Enkidu able to follow the directions of the elders? Why or why not?

Part 3) What is ironic about the fact that Enkidu was created to kill Gilgamesh?

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