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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Gilgamesh and Enkidu grow to be?
(a) Tolerable of one another.
(b) More like brothers than simple friends.
(c) More like friends than brothers.
(d) Enemies.

2. At the Temple of Ishtar, the citizens of Uruk will finally do what?
(a) Pray to Ishtar.
(b) Destroy the temple.
(c) Choose a bride for their king, Gilgamesh.
(d) Ask Ishtar for guidance.

3. What does Ishtar ask her father Anu to create?
(a) A Horse of Heaven.
(b) A Bull of Heaven.
(c) A Bird of Heaven.
(d) A Lion of Heaven.

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

5. How does the goddess Ishtar feel about what has taken place?
(a) She is besider herself with anxiety.
(b) She is beside herself with rage.
(c) She is beside herself with saddness.
(d) She is besider herself with happiness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Watching the battle between Humbaba and the two friends, what happens to the goddess Ishtar?

2. How does the wild man find himself when sitting beside the young priestess?

3. What is done with the carcass of the beast?

4. How does Enlil feel about Shamash's pity for mankind?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Gilgamesh react to his mother's warning?

2. How does the King respond when the elders try to intervene?

3. What takes place when Enkidu comes upon the King?

4. What is the relationship between Gilgamesh and Enkidu?

5. Why does Gilgamesh go to his mother for advice?

6. What happens when Harim leads Enkidu into Uruk?

7. How does Enkidu react to the young priestess?

8. Describe Gilgamesh's world.

9. What do the hunter and his father find in Uruk?

10. Who are the main gods Gilgamesh's people possess?

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