Chapter Chronology

Quiz for Listening the Past: Gilgamesh’s Quest for Immortality

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1. Which of these did Enkidu describe as the “house where those who stay are deprived of light”?

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Correct: The answer is c. Enkidu had a dream in which he foresaw his own death. In the dream he was forced to walk down a road “where travelling is one way only” to a house of eternal darkness.
Incorrect: The answer is c. Enkidu had a dream in which he foresaw his own death. In the dream he was forced to walk down a road “where travelling is one way only” to a house of eternal darkness.
1. Which of these did Enkidu describe as the “house where those who stay are deprived of light”?

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2. What event sparked Gilgamesh’s decision to visit Ut-napishtim and his wife?

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Correct: The answer is a. Distraught over the death of his best friend, Gilgamesh decided to visit Ut-napishtim and his wife, the only immortal humans.
Incorrect: The answer is a. Distraught over the death of his best friend, Gilgamesh decided to visit Ut-napishtim and his wife, the only immortal humans.
2. What event sparked Gilgamesh’s decision to visit Ut-napishtim and his wife?

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3. According to Ut-napishtim, who or what determines the length of a person’s life?

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Correct: The answer is b. According to Ut-napishtim, the gods created fate and “decreed destinies.” In so doing, they gave each person a finite lifetime.
Incorrect: The answer is b. According to Ut-napishtim, the gods created fate and “decreed destinies.” In so doing, they gave each person a finite lifetime.
3. According to Ut-napishtim, who or what determines the length of a person’s life?

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4. What aspect of his friendship with Enkidu did Gilgamesh recall as he grieved?

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Correct: The answer is a. Gilgamesh focused on the challenges they had overcome as a team, describing Enkidu as “My friend whom I love so much, who experienced every hardship with me.”
Incorrect: The answer is a. Gilgamesh focused on the challenges they had overcome as a team, describing Enkidu as “My friend whom I love so much, who experienced every hardship with me.”
4. What aspect of his friendship with Enkidu did Gilgamesh recall as he grieved?

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5. What fear came upon Gilgamesh as he grieved beside the body of his dead friend Enkidu?

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Correct: The answer is c. Noting that his friend had “turned to clay,” Gilgamesh wondered if he would, in time, “lie down too, never to rise, ever again.”
Incorrect: The answer is c. Noting that his friend had “turned to clay,” Gilgamesh wondered if he would, in time, “lie down too, never to rise, ever again.”
5. What fear came upon Gilgamesh as he grieved beside the body of his dead friend Enkidu?