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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Gilgamesh pour meal on the earth?
(a) To grow crops.
(b) To feed the birds.
(c) To protect their feet as they walk.
(d) To appease the gods.

2. What does Ninsun possess?
(a) A great deal of knowledge.
(b) The ability to soothe those who are distraught.
(c) The gifts of prophecy and the interpretation of dreams.
(d) Wealth.

3. When Harim enters the forest, by what is she charmed?
(a) Enkidu.
(b) The animals and leaves and broken sunlight of the forest.
(c) The smells of nature.
(d) The peace and quiet.

4. Why is Enkidu enchanted by the young girl?
(a) She is very beautiful.
(b) She is the first human he has ever seen.
(c) She reminds him of a gazelle.
(d) She is the first woman he has ever seen.

5. Who does Ishtar gather together?
(a) The royal family.
(b) The citizens of Uruk.
(c) All the gods from all parts of heaven.
(d) Enkidu and Gilgamesh.

6. What do Gilgamesh and Enkidu do when Ishtar calls the gods to battle against them?
(a) They plan to meet with the other gods.
(b) They ignore her and set off for Uruk.
(c) They plead with her to leave them alone.
(d) They laugh at her.

7. What happens as Harim leads Enkidu into Uruk?
(a) He is taunted.
(b) He is ignored.
(c) He is captured.
(d) He is besieged by curious onlookers.

8. What is the greatest danger to this city?
(a) Floods.
(b) Earthquakes.
(c) The god Anu.
(d) The monster Humbaba.

9. Who is responsible for molding humans from inanimate clay?
(a) Ishtar.
(b) Aruru.
(c) The elders.
(d) Anu.

10. Into what does Enkidu eventually force Gilgamesh?
(a) A closet.
(b) A position of vulnerability.
(c) A room.
(d) A puddle of mud.

11. Of what is Anu god?
(a) The skies.
(b) The earth.
(c) Love.
(d) The sea.

12. What do singers do?
(a) They make up songs about Enkidu.
(b) They sing the King's favorite songs.
(c) They make up songs about the adventure.
(d) They perform the King's favorite show.

13. What does Ishtar threaten to do If her father does not create the creature she requests?
(a) She will marry Gilgamesh.
(b) She will leave and never return.
(c) She will open the doors of the underworld to let the dead rise and outnumber the living.
(d) She will kill him.

14. Upon their arrival, what do they find the citizens doing?
(a) Complaining to the King about Ekidu's behavior.
(b) Building the wall around the city.
(c) Going about their usual business.
(d) Already passing among themselves excited stories about Enkidu.

15. What is the young priestess's worry?
(a) Enkidu will betray her.
(b) Enkidu will be treated no better than a captive animal.
(c) Enkidu will become violent in town.
(d) Enkidu will be treated like a King.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the young priestess do this?

2. What does Ishtar do after watching the two victors for a time as they bathe and rest?

3. What eclipses even the entry of the wild man?

4. Over whom does Anu hesitate to take the side of the common people?

5. What does Enkidu resolve to do?

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