EN 207 MIDTERM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE
ANSWERS
Shall I not die too? Am I not like Enkidu? Oh woe has entered my vitals! I have grown
afraid of death, so I roam the steppe - Answers - The Epic of Gilgamesh
In the beginning was the word, and the word was with god, and the word was god. He
was in the beginning, with God. Everything came about through him, and without him
not one thing came about. What came about in him was life, and the life was the light of
mankind; and the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not understand it. -
Answers - John
And Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until the break of dawn... And he
said, "Let me go, for dawn is breaking." And he said, "I will not let you go unless you
bless me." And he said to him, "What is your name?" And he said, "Jacob." And he said
"Not Jacob shall your name hence be said, but Israel, for you have striven with God and
men and won out." - Answers - Genesis Book
Who is this who darkens counsel
in words without knowledge?
Gird, pray, your loins like a man,
that I may ask you, and you may inform Me.
Where were you when I founded earth?
Tell, if you know understanding. - Answers - Job, God is speaking
Tell me about a complicated man.
Muse, tell me how he wandered and was lost
when he had wrecked the holy town of Troy,
and where he went, and who he met, the pain
he suffered in the storms at sea, and how
he worked to save his life and bring his men
back home. He failed to keep them safe; poor fools,
they ate the Sun God's cattle, and the god
kept them from home. Now goddess, child of Zeus,
tell the old story for our modern times.
Find the beginning. - Answers - The Odyssey
Highest good is like water. Because water excels in benefiting the myriad creatures
without contending with them and settles where none would like to be, it comes close to
the Way. - Answers - Daoism
, Ziyou asked about filial piety. The Master said: "Nowadays people think they are dutiful
sons when they feed their parents. Yet they also feed their dogs and horses. Unless
there is respect, where is the difference?" - Answers - Confucius
'For you, Arjuna, by my grace and favor,
This highest form is brought forth by my power,
Of splendor made, universal, endless, primal
And never seen before by any other.' - Answers - Bhagavad Gita
The words of the Preacher, the son of David king in Jerusalem.
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher: vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
What remaineth unto man in all his ]travail, which he suffereth under the sun? - Answers
- Ecclesiastes
"Now you have told the story of our bed,
The secret that no other mortal knows
Except yourself and me, and just one slave,
Actoris, whom my father gave to me
When I came here, who used to guard our room.
You made my stubborn heart believe in you." - Answers - The Odyssey, Penelope is
speaking
Say: He is Allah, the One,
Allah, the Absolute:
Neither did He beget,
Nor was He begotten.
His like or equal there is none. - Answers - The Quran
The Epic of Gilgamesh:
King Gilgamesh - Answers - -from southern mesopotamia
-he is a bad king who has to go on a quest
King of Gilgamesh: Enkidu - Answers - Gilgamesh's protector, friend, made to keep him
in line
King of Gilgamesh: Ishtar - Answers - she is a goddess who is responsible for Enkidu's
death
King of Gilgamesh: Uthanapishtim - Answers - Gilgamesh looks for him and finds him,
he survived the great flood, he is the one Gilgamesh goes to looking for immortality,
Uthanapishtism tells Gilgamesh to stay awake for 7 days, Gilgamesh immediately fails,
and Uthanapishtism gave Gilgamesh a flower
The book of Genesis: Noah - Answers - builds an arc and maintains humanity and
animals during great flood
ANSWERS
Shall I not die too? Am I not like Enkidu? Oh woe has entered my vitals! I have grown
afraid of death, so I roam the steppe - Answers - The Epic of Gilgamesh
In the beginning was the word, and the word was with god, and the word was god. He
was in the beginning, with God. Everything came about through him, and without him
not one thing came about. What came about in him was life, and the life was the light of
mankind; and the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not understand it. -
Answers - John
And Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until the break of dawn... And he
said, "Let me go, for dawn is breaking." And he said, "I will not let you go unless you
bless me." And he said to him, "What is your name?" And he said, "Jacob." And he said
"Not Jacob shall your name hence be said, but Israel, for you have striven with God and
men and won out." - Answers - Genesis Book
Who is this who darkens counsel
in words without knowledge?
Gird, pray, your loins like a man,
that I may ask you, and you may inform Me.
Where were you when I founded earth?
Tell, if you know understanding. - Answers - Job, God is speaking
Tell me about a complicated man.
Muse, tell me how he wandered and was lost
when he had wrecked the holy town of Troy,
and where he went, and who he met, the pain
he suffered in the storms at sea, and how
he worked to save his life and bring his men
back home. He failed to keep them safe; poor fools,
they ate the Sun God's cattle, and the god
kept them from home. Now goddess, child of Zeus,
tell the old story for our modern times.
Find the beginning. - Answers - The Odyssey
Highest good is like water. Because water excels in benefiting the myriad creatures
without contending with them and settles where none would like to be, it comes close to
the Way. - Answers - Daoism
, Ziyou asked about filial piety. The Master said: "Nowadays people think they are dutiful
sons when they feed their parents. Yet they also feed their dogs and horses. Unless
there is respect, where is the difference?" - Answers - Confucius
'For you, Arjuna, by my grace and favor,
This highest form is brought forth by my power,
Of splendor made, universal, endless, primal
And never seen before by any other.' - Answers - Bhagavad Gita
The words of the Preacher, the son of David king in Jerusalem.
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher: vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
What remaineth unto man in all his ]travail, which he suffereth under the sun? - Answers
- Ecclesiastes
"Now you have told the story of our bed,
The secret that no other mortal knows
Except yourself and me, and just one slave,
Actoris, whom my father gave to me
When I came here, who used to guard our room.
You made my stubborn heart believe in you." - Answers - The Odyssey, Penelope is
speaking
Say: He is Allah, the One,
Allah, the Absolute:
Neither did He beget,
Nor was He begotten.
His like or equal there is none. - Answers - The Quran
The Epic of Gilgamesh:
King Gilgamesh - Answers - -from southern mesopotamia
-he is a bad king who has to go on a quest
King of Gilgamesh: Enkidu - Answers - Gilgamesh's protector, friend, made to keep him
in line
King of Gilgamesh: Ishtar - Answers - she is a goddess who is responsible for Enkidu's
death
King of Gilgamesh: Uthanapishtim - Answers - Gilgamesh looks for him and finds him,
he survived the great flood, he is the one Gilgamesh goes to looking for immortality,
Uthanapishtism tells Gilgamesh to stay awake for 7 days, Gilgamesh immediately fails,
and Uthanapishtism gave Gilgamesh a flower
The book of Genesis: Noah - Answers - builds an arc and maintains humanity and
animals during great flood
