View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Epic of Gilgamesh - Standard version and Old Babylonian Version.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is unique about the plant Gilgamesh retrieves from the Apsu?
(a) It grants immortality.
(b) It grants the finder a wish.
(c) It is able to feed a small town for three months.
(d) It is the only one of its kind in the world.

2. How does Ut-napishtium prove to Gilgamesh how many days the latter man slept?
(a) Ut-napishtium planted a tree for each day Gilgamesh slept.
(b) Ut-napishtium's wife baked a loaf of bread for each day Gilgamesh slept.
(c) Ut-napishtium had Shamash stand as witness.
(d) Ut-napishtium put a cut on Gilgamesh's leg for each day.

3. What does Atrahasis bring onto his boat besides people?
(a) The Sebitti.
(b) The altar from Ellil's temple.
(c) Animals.
(d) Rocks for the gods.

4. Why does the author of this book believe it is necessary to understand where the stories of several different cultures originated?
(a) It helps to understand the stories behind the legends.
(b) It helps to understand which cultures came first.
(c) It helps to understand the importance of working for onself.
(d) It helps to understand how women were once treated.

5. What does Gilgamesh use to cross over the deadly water past the mountains and darkness?
(a) A giant leaf.
(b) He simply swims it without taking a single breath the entire time.
(c) A boat made from rocks.
(d) Three hundred wooden poles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the station of the god or goddess who creates man?

2. What theory does the author suggest as the origin for the tale of Atrahasis?

3. What god is sacrificed in order to create man?

4. How long does Enki believe the flood will last?

5. On what medium where these myths originally found?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 337 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample