Chapter 2: Complex Societies in Southwest Asia and the Nile Valley 3800–500 b.c.e.
Quiz for Analyzing the Evidence: Gilgamesh’s Quest for Immortality
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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.
Correct. The answer is a. Distraught over the death of his best friend, Gilgamesh decided to visit Utnapishtim and his wife, the only immortal humans.
Incorrect. The answer is a. Distraught over the death of his best friend, Gilgamesh decided to visit Utnapishtim and his wife, the only immortal humans.
Correct. The answer is b. According to Utnapishtim, the gods created fate and “decreed destinies.” In so doing, they gave each person a finite lifetime.
Incorrect. The answer is b. According to Utnapishtim, the gods created fate and “decreed destinies.” In so doing, they gave each person a finite lifetime.
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.”
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.”