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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. How long do Nergal and Ereshkigal make love?
(a) Six days.
(b) Five days.
(c) Four days.
(d) Three days.
2. What reason does Ut-napishtium (or Atrahasis) give Gilgamesh for why only he is allowed to be immortal?
(a) Ut-napishtium saved mankind.
(b) Ut-napishtium is too holy to ever die.
(c) Ut-napishtium's responsibilities on Earth will never end.
(d) Ut-napishtium saved the gods.
3. How much of Gilgamesh is considered to be the mortal part?
(a) One half.
(b) One third.
(c) One fourth.
(d) One fifth.
4. What do Anu and Ellil agree to do for the other gods?
(a) Allow them to marry.
(b) Lighten their workload.
(c) Share their power.
(d) Allow them to switch vocations.
5. What tool, in this book, explains how these myths came about?
(a) The Prefaces.
(b) The Figures.
(c) The Abbreviations.
(d) The Sigla.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who do the myths revolve around?
2. Of what is Ishtar the goddess?
3. What god is sacrificed in order to create man?
4. For whom must Ishtar be exchanged in Kurnugi?
5. How does Good-Looks save Ishtar from Kurnugi?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Atrahasis initially save the world from ruin before the flood?
2. What function does the man, Good-Looks, serve in this story?
3. What must Namtar avoid doing while in the Underworld serving out his punishment?
4. How does Shamhat force Enkidu to meet Gilgamesh?
5. In the Armana version of the story of Nergal and Ereshkigal, what happens when Nergal goes to the Underworld?
6. What is significant about Ninsun adopting Enkidu as her own son?
7. Describe the purpose and function of some of the many different features of this book.
8. After giving up on disease, how does Ellil try to keep the world from becoming overpopulated?
9. Describe Gilgamesh's journey to see Ut-napishtim (or Atrahasis)?
10. How does Enkidu escape from the Underworld on an alternate tablet?
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