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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 does the wife of Utnapishtim urge her husband to give Gilgamesh?
(a) Something that will allow him to return to Uruk honorably.
(b) A chance to find Enkidu.
(c) Immortality.
(d) A hug.

2. When Utnapishtim was mortal, what job did he have?,
(a) He was a cobbler.
(b) He was a blacksmith.
(c) He was a carpenter.
(d) He was a merchant.

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

4. What does Gilgamesh do when he notices this?
(a) He pursues the animal.
(b) He jumps in the water.
(c) He pursues the animals.
(d) He tries to revive the plant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does this plant do?

2. What does Sabitu say about what the King attempts?

3. How many straight poles must Gilgamesh cut down?

4. Why is Urshanabi banished from the place for all time?

5. Why does she feel this way about Gilgamesh?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the King do when he sees Uruk?

2. What does the boatman say to Gilgamesh, regarding his quest?

3. How does the wine maiden, Sabitu, react to Gilgamesh's appearance?

4. How long does the storm last? What happens when the water begins to recede?

5. What does Sabitu explain to Gilgamesh that he will find on the shore?

6. What does Utnapishtim tell Gilgamesh that would allow him to return to Uruk honorably?

7. How does Chapter Nine begin?

8. What does Enkidu curse?

9. What does Utnapishtim agree to tell Gilgamesh?

10. What must Gilgamesh do to reach Utnapishtim?

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