Gilgamesh and Utnapishtim

Who is Gilgamesh going to travel to see?

• Utnapishtim

• Humbaba

• Enkidu

• Lugulbanda

What is special about Utnapishtim?

• He is Gilgamesh's dad.

• He knows how to make bricks.

• He knows how to defeat Humbaba.

• The gods gave him immortality.

Dilmun is the garden of the sun, we can think of it as a garden of the gods, what grew on the trees there?

• The forbidden fruit of knowledge.

• Jewels.

• Flowers that make you young again.

• All the fruits of the earth.

On his way to Dilmun, before he met the scorpion-men, Gilgamesh awoke from a dream and attacked the lions. Why?

• They were enjoying life and he was sad about Enkidu.

• He needed their skins to wear.

• He was startled because he just came out of a dream.

• The text isn't clear.

Who was Siduri?

• The ferryman over the sea of the dead.

• The gatekeeper to the mountains.

• Utnapishtim's wife.

• Winemaker for the gods.

How is Gilgamesh's face described?

• More beautiful than any other man.

• Wild like a lion.

• Covered with a scraggly beard.

• Thin, weary, marked by cold and heat.

When Gilgamesh first meets Utnapishtim, what advice does the old man offer?

• Do not urinate in the direction of the sun.

• Eat no beans.

• I think, therefore I am.

• Nothing is permanent.

What was Utnapishtim famous for building?

• A boat.

• The temple for Shamash.

• The city walls of Uruk.

• A tower that reached from earth to heaven.

Why did Gilgamesh have to cut down trees?

• He was trying to get Utnapishtim's attention.

• He had to build a boat.

• He destroyed the equipment for the ferry.

• He had to build his own funeral pyre.

What does Utnapishtim give Gilgamesh for his trouble?

• He tells him about a plant that grows underwater.

• He gives him lapis lazuli.

• Frankincense and myrrh.

• He tells him when he will die.