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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. What does the double-edged axe symbolize?

2. What does Ishtar do after watching the two victors for a time as they bathe and rest?

3. Why do the elders suggest that a man be created?

4. At the Temple of Ishtar, the citizens of Uruk will finally do what?

5. What is the young priestess's worry?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What eclipses Enkidu entrance into the city?

3. Who are the main gods Gilgamesh's people possess?

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

5. How does Ishtar react to the battle between Humbaba and the two friends?

6. What happens when Harim leads Enkidu into Uruk?

7. What happens to the hunter? What does he do in reaction to this?

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

9. Why does Ishtar gather together all the gods?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

There are many similarities and differences between Gilgamesh and Enkidu.

Part 1) How are they similar? How are they different?

Part 2) To what do these similarities and differences lead?

Part 3) How does this relationship guide the plot of the story?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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