History Skills Post-Assessment Form A

Period

• 1
• 2
• 4
• 6
• 8

First Name

Last Name

7. Who, in this story, made the decision to cause a great flood?

• Gilgamesh
• Gilgamesh's enemy
• Utnapishtim
• The gods

8. Which lines are the text evidence for your answer to question 7?

• Lines 4-5
• Lines 6-7
• Lines 13-14
• Lines 17-18

9. According to this excerpt, what might happen if Utnapishtim did not build the boat and follow the god Ea's instructions?

• Utnapishtim would get riches
• Utnapishtim would become a god
• Utnapishtim would not be safe from the flood's obliteration

10. What did the god Ea tell Utnapishtim to take with him on his boat?

• Riches
• His house
• An instance of each living animal
• Nothing; he was to go on the boat alone

15. A scientist who studies the physical characteristics and cultures of humans and their ancestors

• Anthropologist
• Compass Rose
• Archaeologist
• Artifact
• Fossil

16. Flat, low-lying land carved downstream by a river and formed at its mouth (where it empties into the ocean)

• Delta
• Compass Rose
• Archaeologist
• Anthropologist
• Artifact

17. A person who studies mainly written records and writes about events in the past

• Historian
• Compass Rose
• Archaeologist
• Anthropologist
• Artifact