Epic of Gilgamesh - Quiz
A) A collection of Greek myths compiled during the Hellenistic period B) An epic from ancient Mesopotamia that is the world's oldest surviving example of narrative literature C) A Roman historical chronicle written in Latin D) A religious text from ancient Egypt focusing on the afterlife
A) Five B) Three C) Seven D) Ten
A) Nineveh B) Uruk C) Babylon D) Ur
A) Neo-Assyrian Empire (c. 700 BCE) B) First Babylonian Dynasty (c. 1750 BCE) C) Third Dynasty of Ur (c. 2100 BCE) D) Akkadian Empire (c. 2300 BCE)
A) Izdubar B) Athra-Hasis C) Shūtur eli sharrī D) Sha naqba īmuru
A) 21st century BCE B) 18th century BCE C) 12th century BCE D) 7th century BCE
A) Sîn-lēqi-unninni B) Paul Haupt C) Austen Henry Layard D) George Smith
A) Athra-Hasis B) Sha naqba īmuru C) Shūtur eli sharrī D) Izdubar
A) 12 tablets B) 20 tablets C) 5 tablets D) 8 tablets
A) About one-half B) Almost all of it C) Only a few fragments D) About two-thirds
A) Hammurabi B) Ashurbanipal C) Sargon D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) A wise scribe B) A wild man C) A divine priest D) A mighty king
A) To stop Gilgamesh from oppressing his people B) To guard the Cedar Forest C) To build the walls of Uruk D) To help Gilgamesh conquer foreign lands
A) By learning to read cuneiform B) Through a battle with Gilgamesh C) By drinking sacred water from a temple D) Through sexual initiation with Shamhat
A) Challenges Ishtar to combat B) Challenges Gilgamesh to a test of strength C) Destroys the city walls in anger D) Begins ruling the city alongside Gilgamesh
A) Twelve days B) Three days C) Six days D) Forty days
A) Enmebaragesi B) Humbaba C) Utnapishtim D) Izdubar
A) The sacred cedar B) The royal palm C) The immortal cypress D) The holy oak
A) Shamhat B) Inanna C) Tiamat D) Ishtar
A) Because Gilgamesh killed Humbaba B) Because Enkidu entered Uruk C) Because Gilgamesh spurned her advances D) Because the cedar forest was destroyed
A) Sentence him to death by giving him a fatal illness B) Exile him to the ends of the earth C) Turn him back into a wild beast D) Strip him of his civilization and memories
A) Fear of Ishtar's revenge B) Distress over Enkidu's death C) The loss of his kingdom in Uruk D) A prophecy given by the gods in a dream
A) Ashurbanipal and his queen B) Utnapishtim and his wife C) Enmebaragesi and his daughter D) Sîn-lēqi-unninni and his family
A) Only those who defeat the gods may live forever B) Eternal life can be attained by drinking from a secret spring C) Life is easily preserved through wisdom and good deeds D) Life will never be found because death is man's share set by the gods
A) Perseus B) Heracles (Hercules) C) Achilles D) Odysseus
A) Virgil's epics B) Roman epics C) Sumerian epics D) Homeric epics
A) George Smith, Paul Haupt, and Peter Jensen B) Theodore Kwasman and Samuel Noah Kramer C) Austen Henry Layard, Hormuzd Rassam, and W. K. Loftus D) R. Campbell Thompson and Hobby Lobby
A) Early 1890s B) Early 1850s C) Late 1870s D) Late 1930s
A) George Smith B) Paul Haupt C) Theodore Kwasman D) Samuel Noah Kramer
A) 1900 B) 1891 C) 1852 D) 1872
A) The Epic of Izdubar B) Sha naqba īmuru C) Shūtur eli sharrī D) The Chaldaean Account of Genesis
A) Enmebaragesi B) Athra-Hasis C) Izdubar D) Ashurbanipal
A) Paul Haupt B) R. Campbell Thompson C) George Smith D) Peter Jensen
A) Theodore Kwasman B) Samuel Noah Kramer C) Peter Jensen D) Austen Henry Layard
A) George Smith B) Hormuzd Rassam C) R. Campbell Thompson D) W. K. Loftus
A) Paul Haupt B) Theodore Kwasman C) Samuel Noah Kramer D) Peter Jensen
A) George Smith B) Theodore Kwasman C) Hormuzd Rassam D) Samuel Noah Kramer
A) 2100 BCE and 1800 BCE B) 1300 BCE and 1000 BCE C) 600 BCE and 100 BCE D) 1850 CE and 1900 CE
A) 1930 B) 1891 C) 1852 D) 1878
A) Utnapishtim of Shuruppak B) Sîn-lēqi-unninni of Uruk C) Enmebaragesi of Kish D) Ashurbanipal of Nineveh
A) France B) Germany C) United Kingdom D) United States
A) 2014 B) 1998 C) 2003 D) 2007
A) 2007 B) 2019 C) 2014 D) 2003
A) The Society of Biblical Archaeology B) The Fragmentarium project C) The British Museum D) Hobby Lobby
A) New York B) Washington, D.C. C) London D) Nineveh
A) 2019 B) 2021 C) 2014 D) 2003
A) Iraq B) Iran C) Turkey D) Syria
A) 2014 B) 1998 C) 2015 D) 2003
A) Machine learning analysis B) Infrared photography C) Carbon dating scanners D) Digital translation algorithms
A) December 2019 B) September 2021 C) January 2015 D) August 2024
A) 2014 and 2019 B) 1891 and 1900 C) 2020 and 2021 D) 1872 and 1875
A) Ancient Egypt B) Ancient Mesopotamia C) Ancient Greece D) The Indus Valley
A) Babylonian B) Assyrian C) Akkadian D) Sumerian
A) Surpassing All Other Kings B) He Who Sees the Unknown C) He Who Saw the Deep(s) D) The Foundation of the Land
A) The queen of Uruk B) The guardian of the Cedar Forest C) The woman of his sexual initiation D) The goddess who created him
A) Found the secret of eternal life B) Killed the Bull of Heaven C) Built a temple for Ishtar D) Slew its guardian, Humbaba
A) Enmebaragesi B) Sîn-lēqi-unninni C) Humbaba D) Athra-Hasis
A) Fuller translations of the discovered fragments B) A comprehensive edition of Sumerian poems C) A machine learning analysis of cuneiform D) The first translation of the Old Babylonian version
A) A collection of letters B) A historical chronicle C) A single complete epic D) Distinct stories
A) Lacunae B) Steles C) Stanzas D) Cuneiform
A) It is fully restored B) It has been lost again C) It remains incomplete D) It is completely deciphered
A) Standard Babylonian version B) Ur Dynasty version C) Deep River version D) Original Sumerian version
A) Five B) Two C) Twelve D) Three
A) Lord of the Epic B) He who saw the deep C) Surpassing all other kings D) The Twelve Tablets
A) 1300 B) 1853 C) 1835 D) 1000
A) Sin-leqi-unninni B) Lins Brandão C) Utnapishtim D) Hormuzd Rassam
A) Agriculture B) Warfare C) Wealth D) Mortality
A) Lins Brandão B) Sin-leqi-unninni C) Ashurbanipal D) Hormuzd Rassam
A) Europe B) Middle East C) Asia Minor D) North Africa
A) Uta-Napishti B) Ashurbanipal C) Enkidu D) Sin-leqi-unninni
A) Warfare B) The Underworld C) Agriculture D) Wisdom
A) Atra-Hasis B) Gilgāmeš C) Erra D) Enuma Elish
A) iškar Gilgāmeš B) Surpassing all other kings C) ša naqba īmuru D) Sapiential literature
A) 7 B) 10 C) 11 D) 12
A) Utnapishtim B) Ea C) Sin-leqi-unninni D) Enkidu
A) Spirit B) Monster C) Animal D) God
A) Alliteration B) Rhyme C) Parallelism D) Metaphor
A) Ashurbanipal's library records B) Sumerian flood tales C) Epic of Atra-Hasis D) Hebrew Psalms
A) Martin Litchfield West B) Alfred Jeremias C) George Smith D) Neil MacGregor
A) Martin Litchfield West B) Lins Brandão C) Alfred Jeremias D) George Smith
A) Narû B) Misanthrope C) Izdubar D) Antediluvian
A) Translate it into Greek heroic poetry B) Destroy the stele after reading C) Add new adventures of Gilgamesh D) Pass the text on without omitting or adding anything |
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