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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Enkidu enters the underworld?
(a) He is told to return to Uruk.
(b) He is sent to heaven.
(c) He is placed in chains.
(d) He is taken away.

2. Enkidu curses three people/things as he lies dying. Who are they?
(a) Shamash, Ninsun, Ishtar
(b) Gilgamesh, Ishtar, Ninsun
(c) The shepherds, Humbaba, the courtesan
(d) The gate, the trapper, the courtesan

3. What animal did Enkidu chase on the steppe?
(a) A panther
(b) A bear
(c) A wolf
(d) A fox

4. What do Gilgamesh and Enkidu do after killing the bull of heaven?
(a) Cut out its heart
(b) Cut off its head
(c) Threw the horns into the river
(d) Buried the carcass

5. What does the bull of heaven do on his third snort?
(a) Attack Gilgamesh
(b) Kill five hundred men
(c) Kill Ishtar
(d) Attack Enkidu

6. What are the names of the two kings Enkidu identifies in the underworld?
(a) Ninsun and Sumuqan
(b) Etana and Sumuqan
(c) Etana and Enlil
(d) Sumuqan and Thorazi

7. Gilgamesh refers to Enkidu as his friend and what?
(a) Younger brother
(b) Father
(c) Son
(d) Cousin

8. Enlil decrees that which man shall die?
(a) Ninsun
(b) Gilgamesh
(c) Enkidu
(d) The Shepherd

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

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

11. What is Enkidu transformed into in order to journey to the underworld?
(a) A dog
(b) A wolf
(c) A bear
(d) A bird

12. Where will Gilgamesh live after Enkidu's burial?
(a) He will live in the temple.
(b) He will live in the cedar forest.
(c) He will stay with the shepherds.
(d) He will roam the desert.

13. How many double hours does Gilgamesh travel before finding light?
(a) Twenty
(b) Fifteen
(c) Twelve
(d) Ten

14. What does Gilgamesh put over Enkidu when he is dead?
(a) A veil like a bride
(b) A royal cloak
(c) A wolf pelt
(d) Fir branches

15. Who arises to rob Gilgamesh in Line 7 of Column 2?
(a) Urshanabi
(b) An evil foe
(c) Shamash
(d) The people of Uruk

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the variegated roller yell?

2. What does Gilgamesh see when he steps into the light?

3. Which four gods argue over Gilgamesh and Enkidu?

4. Ishtar asks her father to give her ______________.

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

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