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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. Who tells Atrahasis to build a boat in anticipation of Ellil flooding the world?
(a) Enki.
(b) Ellili.
(c) Ea.
(d) Tiamat.
2. Which goddess creates Enkidu in order to bring down Gilgamesh's arrogance?
(a) Aruru.
(b) Ereshkigal.
(c) Tiamat.
(d) Ishtar.
3. Why is the author not entirely certain that Atrahasis sent an offering of peace to the gods to stop the flooding?
(a) It is unclear if Atrahasis sent a peace offering or a warning.
(b) Some of the text is missing.
(c) There are too many versions of this story to know for sure.
(d) Atrahasis denies doing it in the text.
4. On their journey to the Pine Forest, what plagues Gilgamesh?
(a) Demons.
(b) Locusts.
(c) Terrible dreams.
(d) Illness.
5. After the death of Enkidu, for what does a grieving Gilgamesh seek?
(a) Enkidu's family.
(b) Immortality.
(c) A goddess's support.
(d) Marriage to Ishtar.
Short Answer Questions
1. What reason does Ut-napishtium (or Atrahasis) give Gilgamesh for why only he is allowed to be immortal?
2. In the Amarna version of Nergal and Ereshkigal's story, what does Ea send to the Underworld with Nergal?
3. What facet of mankind annoys Ellil to the point where he nearly casts a plague upon them?
4. Why does the author of this book believe it is necessary to understand where the stories of several different cultures originated?
5. What gesture does Ninsun extend before Gilgamesh and Enkidu go to stop Humbaba?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Namtar sent above ground to the feast in the story of Nergal and Ereshkigal?
2. After giving up on disease, how does Ellil try to keep the world from becoming overpopulated?
3. What arrangement is made for Ishtar's release from the Underworld?
4. Where is the approximate location of Mesopotamia in the modern world?
5. In the longer version of this story, what happens after Namtar fails to find Nergal outside of the Underworld?
6. Describe the purpose and function of some of the many different features of this book.
7. What is significant about Ninsun adopting Enkidu as her own son?
8. According to the author, why is it important that people understand the origins of several well-known stories as well as knowing more about the time period from which these stories were born?
9. Why does all sexual activity on Earth stop while Ishtar is in Kurnugi?
10. How do the fates of Dumuzi and Belili explain the seasons and rituals of Mesopotamia?
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