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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Enkidu react to Gilgamesh's dreams?
(a) He says he fears they will come true
(b) He says they mean nothing
(c) He has similar dreams
(d) He interprets them positively

2. Why does Enkidu not like living in the city?
(a) Because he prefers sleeping outside
(b) Because he misses the shepherds
(c) Because he feels weak and idle
(d) Because he does not have a house of his own

3. Where do Gilgamesh and Enkidu go to contemplate their course of action and interpret Gilgamesh's dreams?
(a) The temple
(b) The plain
(c) The forest
(d) The river

4. With whom does Enkidu live?
(a) The woman
(b) A group of shepherds
(c) The gods
(d) A pack of wolves

5. How many layers of armor does Humbaba usually wear?
(a) Seven
(b) Ten
(c) One
(d) Six

6. What falls to the earth in Gilgamesh's dream?
(a) A child
(b) The stars
(c) The sun
(d) A meteorite

7. What is the woman called who seduces Enkidu?
(a) The courtier
(b) Eanna
(c) The harlot
(d) The courtesan

8. From where does Gilgamesh's mother say his companion will come?
(a) The wilderness
(b) The river
(c) The sky
(d) The gods

9. Who do the elders send to protect Gilgamesh?
(a) The Shepherds
(b) Enkidu
(c) Twenty men from Uruk
(d) Enkidu and Gilgamesh's mother

10. How many goblets of strong drink does Enkidu drink after the courtesan teaches him to drink properly?
(a) Ten
(b) Two
(c) Sixteen
(d) Seven

11. Who does Gilgamesh's mother pray to for protection for her son?
(a) The sun god
(b) The god of the forest
(c) Humbaba
(d) Enkidu

12. What does Gilgamesh want to do in the Cedar Forest?
(a) Cut down all the trees
(b) Go hunting
(c) Learn to live with the animals like Enkidu
(d) To meet the shepherds

13. What is the name of the god to whom Ninsun prays?
(a) Shamash
(b) Shamain
(c) Egalmah
(d) Saecean

14. What does Gilgamesh do that awakens Humbaba?
(a) Blows a loud horn
(b) Shouts seven times
(c) Begins to cut down the cedars
(d) Bangs on the forest gate

15. What things do the shepherds teach Enkidu?
(a) To stalk and kill animals
(b) To eat, talk and behave as people in the city do
(c) To fight like a soldier
(d) To tend sheep

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the gods create Enkidu?

2. What is another name for the cedar forest?

3. At what time of night does Gilgamesh awaken Enkidu to tell him about his dream?

4. Gilgamesh thinks he is entitled to do what with new brides?

5. What type of drink is Enkidu used to drinking?

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