1. What was Gilgamesh able to do in Uruk by birthright? Take brides on their wedding nights2. Who survived the flood and was later made immortal? Utanapishtim3. Gilgamesh is written in the Sumerian language4. What is the name of the goddess of birth that “created a boundless human race”? Aruru5. A folk epic is described as the sort of long poem telling a story of a cultures heroic values that

originates in oral story-telling and is written down only later in its development. True6. Who is the “housekeeper of the netherworld”? Ninshuluhha7. In Gilgamesh the story is that the gods sent a terrible flood to drown humankind because they

were unconscionably evil, having lost all sense of right and wrong. False8. What valley is formed in the combat between Gilgamesh and Humbaba? The rift valley of

Lebanon9. The epic of Gilgamesh is the greatest work of ancient Mesopotamia.10. Which of the following isn’t an epic convention? Epics are filled with allusions to other literature11. Which of the follow isn’t an epic convention related to the beginning of an epic open? Epics

begin with the birth of a superhuman hero12. Which character begs for his life, but Gilgamesh kills him anyway? Humbaba13. The follow term literally means “god out of the machine” but refers to the intervention of gods

in human affairs. Deus ex machina14. Which term means hatred of women? Misogyny15. The following is the epitome of strength unleashed by one angry god/goddess on an entire city

for the insults of two men. The bull of heaven.