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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Immediately following the slaying of the creature, what happens to Enkidu?
(a) He dies.
(b) He leaves Uruk.
(c) He begins having dreams full of ominous portents.
(d) He becomes fearful of the gods.

2. What does the boatman tell Gilgamesh?
(a) No mortal has ever crossed the Bitter River.
(b) No mortal shall cross the Bitter River.
(c) He must hurry to cross the Bitter River.
(d) He must turn back.

3. Does Utnapishtim agree to aid Gilgamesh in his impossible mission?
(a) Yes.
(b) At first.
(c) Not necessarily.
(d) No.

4. How has Gilgamesh made travel in the boat impossible?
(a) By destroying the sails.
(b) By breaking the oarlocks.
(c) By destroying the deck.
(d) By breaking the oars.

5. What do most of the gods want?
(a) Ishtar to exile both Enkidu and Gilgamesh.
(b) Ishtar to leave Enkidu alone.
(c) Enkidu to be killed.
(d) Gilgamesh to protect Enkidu.

6. What does Utnapishtim demand to know about the stranger?
(a) If he is intelligent.
(b) His identity and how he came to be there.
(c) If he is a King.
(d) Why he does not go home.

7. Why does Gilgamesh lift a stone and throw it down onto the boat?
(a) He does not know what to do.
(b) He is afraid of the boatman.
(c) He hopes to wake the boatman.
(d) He is unable to control his impatient anger.

8. What does this god ask Gilgamesh?
(a) Why he does not turn back.
(b) Where he has been.
(c) How he came to be here in the garden, so gaunt and disheveled.
(d) Why he has not found Enkidu.

9. What does the scorpion-man urge Gilgamesh to do?
(a) Bring him with him.
(b) Give up his quest.
(c) Continue his quest.
(d) Leave him be.

10. What does Gilgamesh spot?
(a) The mountain he must climb.
(b) The island with the man in a hammock.
(c) The boat that is to carry him across.
(d) The cliff off which he must jump.

11. What bird is sent out and does not return?
(a) A dove.
(b) A swallow.
(c) A crow.
(d) A crane.

12. Through the trees, what does Gilgamesh see?
(a) The face of Shamash.
(b) The face of Ishtar.
(c) The face of Anu.
(d) The face of Ellil.

13. What prevents Gilgamesh from doing any further damage?
(a) Lightning strikes the boat and destroys it.
(b) A god calls his name.
(c) The boatman demands to know who dares to damage the boat of Utnapishtim.
(d) He collapses.

14. How long does Gilgamesh wait for Urshanabi to arrive?
(a) Twenty-four days and nights.
(b) Four days and nights.
(c) Untold days and nights.
(d) Ten days and nights.

15. What is Utnapishtim doing at the beginning of this chapter?
(a) Lying in his hammock on the further shore of the Bitter River.
(b) Eating dinner.
(c) Chopping firewood.
(d) Fishing in the Bitter River.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what does Utnapishtim tell Gilgamesh?

2. For how long does Enkidu sleep?

3. What does Utnapishtim begin at the beginning of this chapter?

4. What does this plant do?

5. What does Sabitu do after exiting her house?

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