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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Including animals, how many lovers does Gilgamesh say that Ishtar has had?
(a) Seven
(b) Eight
(c) Ten
(d) Six

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

4. What does the mountain watch over?
(a) The people of Uruk
(b) The rising and setting of the moon
(c) The rising and setting of the sun
(d) The tides of the sea

5. What presumably is written on the scribes tablet in the underworld?
(a) Utnapishtim's name
(b) Gilgamesh's name
(c) Shamash's name
(d) Enkidu's name

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ishtar turn the shepherd into?

2. Which god does not want either man to die?

3. To whom does Gilgamesh tell Enkidu's dream?

4. What is the name of the barmaid who dwells by the sea?

5. What type of demons will pull Gilgamesh's chariot?

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