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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How many poles does Gilgamesh use to push the boat across the sea?
(a) Fifty
(b) One
(c) One hundred and twenty
(d) Twelve

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

5. Where is Gilgamesh speedily going?
(a) Utnapishtim
(b) Ubara-Tutu
(c) Urukali
(d) Shamash

Short Answer Questions

1. Shamash does not understand Enkidu's curse against who/what?

2. What does the mountain watch over?

3. What does Enkidu throw at Ishtar?

4. Who is Urshanabi?

5. Who does Siduri say is the only person able to cross the sea to Utnapishtim?

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