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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is this dream, according to Gilgamesh's mother?
(a) A sign of what good is to come.
(b) Caused by the large meal he had the night before.
(c) An evil portent.
(d) Just a dream.

2. Why has Gilgamesh come to seek his ancestor?
(a) So he can meet his family.
(b) So he can build a friendship with him.
(c) So he can become immortal.
(d) So he can tell Gilgamesh where Enkidu is and whether of not Gilgamesh must die.

3. In his dream, what is Gilgamesh doing?
(a) Eating dinner.
(b) Walking through the forest.
(c) Speaking to his people.
(d) Walking through the streets of Uruk.

4. What does Ishtar do after watching the two victors for a time as they bathe and rest?
(a) She leaves them alone.
(b) She admires them.
(c) She approaches Gilgamesh and threatens great punishment.
(d) She approaches Enkidu and threatens great punishment.

5. What does Gilgamesh beg Enkidu to do?
(a) Stay awake.
(b) Leave Uruk.
(c) Relate the dreams so that he can tell them to his mother.
(d) Forget his dream.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the scorpion-man urge Gilgamesh to do?

2. What happens as Harim leads Enkidu into Uruk?

3. What is a city of fine houses, magnificent temples, marketplaces, and groves of trees?

4. What does Gilgamesh know about Harim?

5. Of what is Anu god?

(see the answer key)

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