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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Gilgamesh tell the scorpion man he has come to Mashu?
(a) To speak of matters of life and death
(b) To swim impossible seas
(c) To seek his own death
(d) To climb Mashu

2. To what does Gilgamesh compare Enkidu?
(a) Weapons that are always by his side
(b) Himself
(c) One of the gods
(d) A great bear

3. Who guards the mountain?
(a) A pack of werewolves
(b) A three headed dog
(c) Another demon like Humbaba
(d) The scorpion people

4. How does Gilgamesh check to see if Enkidu is still alive?
(a) Touches his heart
(b) Looks in his eyes
(c) Checks his temperature
(d) Feels for breath

5. Gilgamesh is now afraid of what?
(a) The forest
(b) Death
(c) Wild animals
(d) The desert

6. Gilgamesh is afraid he will die in what?
(a) Old age
(b) Disgrace
(c) A feast
(d) Battle

7. When does Gilgamesh begin mourning for Enkidu?
(a) At morning's first glimmer
(b) At noon
(c) At midnight
(d) At sunset

8. Who dreams the night of the heroes feast?
(a) Gilgamesh
(b) The shepherds
(c) Enkidu
(d) Ishtar

9. Gilgamesh calls Enkidu his friend and what?
(a) Cousin
(b) Younger brother
(c) Lover
(d) First Mate

10. Who is Urshanabi?
(a) Utnapishtim's ferryman
(b) Shamash's ferryman
(c) The goddess of the sea
(d) A demon Gilgamesh must kill

11. How many pits did Ishtar dig for the lion?
(a) Ten
(b) Fifty
(c) Seven and yet seven
(d) Forty

12. How does Gilgamesh cry?
(a) Like a thunder storm
(b) Like a wailing woman
(c) Like soft rain cloud
(d) Like a dove

13. What type of demons will pull Gilgamesh's chariot?
(a) Earth
(b) Wind
(c) Water
(d) Storm

14. Who is Utnapishtim?
(a) The god of the moon
(b) The god of the underworld
(c) The goddess of the sea
(d) The Babylonian Noah

15. Who does Siduri think Gilgamesh is when she sees him?
(a) Gilgamesh
(b) A demon
(c) A god
(d) A criminal

Short Answer Questions

1. Who notices Gilgamesh's beauty after he has cleaned himself?

2. Enkidu curses three people/things as he lies dying. Who are they?

3. What does Gilgamesh break when he meets Urshanabi?

4. What does Gilgamesh do when he arrives on Utnapishtim's shore?

5. How many double hours does Gilgamesh travel before finding light?

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