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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Harim and Enkidu proceed to the temple, what does the young priestess do?

2. What does Enkidu do when Gilgamesh gathers to him an arsenal of finely wrought weaponry and lays it before his Enkidu's feet?

3. What is the young priestess's worry?

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

5. Why do the hunter and his father head to the city?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Enkidu react to the young priestess?

2. Why is there a wall surrounding Uruk?

3. How does Ishtar threaten Gilgamesh?

4. What takes place in Gilgamesh's dream?

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

6. How is Enkidu convinced to join the King on his adventure?

7. How does Ishtar threaten her father?

8. How does this wall affect the people of Uruk?

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

10. Of what does Gilgamesh remind Ishtar? How does she react?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Chapter 9 begins the second episode of the epic of Gilgamesh.

Part 1) Describe this second episode. What is the purpose of this episode?

Part 2) How does this second episode reveal more of Gilgamesh's character?

Part 3) How is your opinion of Gilgamesh changed during this episode?

Essay Topic 2

This story serves a purpose.

Part 1) What purpose does it serve?

Part 2) How might those hearing or reading this story when it was first created react to it differently than readers today? Why?

Part 3) Why is this considered an epic? Are there any stories in your culture that you would consider epics? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Two aspects of the twelfth chapter of Gilgamesh stands out.

Part 1) Describe this chapter. Why does it stand out?

Part 2) What is the purpose for this chapter?

Part 3) What message does this chapter send to the reader?

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