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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. What is Gilgamesh's explanation?

2. What does Gilgamesh do when he notices this?

3. Utnapishtim does as he has been told by Ea while the other citizens of Shuruppak do what?

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

5. Of what does Sabitu remind the King?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Gilgamesh tells his story, how does Utnapishtim respond?

2. How does Gilgamesh arrive at the short of the Bitter River?

3. How does Gilgamesh lose the magic weed?

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

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

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

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

8. How does Gilgamesh respond to this dream? What happens to Enkidu?

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

10. What does Utnapishtim begin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The loss of the magic weed is significant.

Part 1) How does he lose it? What does his behavior regarding his care of the weed reveal about his character?

Part 2) What does this loss foreshadow?

Part 3) What does this loss mean to humanity, specifically this culture?

Essay Topic 2

Enkidu agrees to do as the elders request, regarding Gilgamesh.

Part 1) What do they request? Why do they request this?

Part 2) Why does Enkidu agree to this request? What does this reveal about his character?

Part 3) How is this decision by Enkidu significant to the characters and the plot?

Part 4) What message does Enkidu's decision send to the reader?

Essay Topic 3

There are many similarities and differences between Gilgamesh and Enkidu.

Part 1) How are they similar? How are they different?

Part 2) To what do these similarities and differences lead?

Part 3) How does this relationship guide the plot of the story?

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