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Gilgamesh - Chapters 9-12

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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Class
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1.

Gilgamesh's first test was to stay awake. For how long was he challenged to stay awake?

a)

2 days

b)

7 days and 7 nights

c)

2 weeks

d)

forever

2.

What did Utnapishtim show to Gilgamesh to convince him that he had slept for 7 days and 7 nights

a)

loaves of bread

b)

jugs of water

c)

stones

d)

a calendar

3.

Gilgamesh had to find something called Old-Man-Young. What was Old-Man-Young?

a)

a magical creature

b)

A magical gem

c)

A magical potion

d)

A magical plant

4.

Where did Gilgamesh have to go to find Old-Mand-Young?

a)

The garden of the gods

b)

The desert

c)

The top of a mountain

d)

The bottom of the ocean

5.

What creature ended up eating the plant?

a)

A snake

b)

A crab

c)

A scorpion

d)

A lion

6.

Where did Gilgamesh go after he failed in his quest?

a)

To the Cedar Forest

b)

Home to Urek

c)

To heaven

d)

He went off to die alone

7.

What did Gilgamesh have his scribes and masons do?

a)

Build a statue of Enkidu

b)

Build a ziggurat to honor the gods

c)

Plan a large celebration for his people as a welcome home party.

d)

Record his adventures by carving them onto the wall of heroes and writing them onto clay tablets

8.

Why was the last (12th) panel unfinished? What was it going to show?

a)

Gilgamesh's funeral

b)

Gilgamesh reuniting with Enkidu

c)

Gilgamesh as an old man

d)

The people of Urek

9.

How did Gilgamesh finally find happiness?

a)

He made a new friend

b)

He went to live in the woods to honor Enkidu

c)

He got married and had a child

d)

He figured out how to live forever

10.

How did Gilgamesh honor his best friend?

a)

He went to live in the woods.

b)

He married Hatti

c)

He named his son Enkidu

d)

He built a huge statue of Enkidu