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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 Urshanabi feel for Gilgamesh?

2. Why does Gilgamesh lift a stone and throw it down onto the boat?

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

4. What does Gilgamesh do when he notices this?

5. Who blesses Utnapishtim and his wife, making them immortal?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Gilgamesh lose the magic weed?

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

3. Of what does Sabitu remind Gilgamesh?

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

5. What option does Urshanabi offer Gilgamesh?

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

7. What does Utnapishtim tell Gilgamesh that would allow him to return to Uruk honorably?

8. What must Gilgamesh do to reach Utnapishtim?

9. How does Chapter Nine begin?

10. What does Utnapishtim begin?

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

The story of Gilgamesh begins with an account of the geography of his world.

Part 1) Describe Gilgamesh's world. What is the purpose of this description? How can the reader relate to this world?

Part 2) How does this world enhance the story of Gilgamesh?

Part 3) How does this world influence what takes place in this story?

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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