EPIC OF GILGAMESH EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025.

EPIC OF GILGAMESH EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025
Mesopotamia - CORRECT ANSWER -c. 20th century B.C.


"The Land between the Rivers" (Tigris and Euphrates)



The Fertile Crescent



Uruk - CORRECT ANSWER -Iraq in Arabic



had wall around its circumference, which were there to defend against the environment and animals,
and used to mark off land



gods: Anu & Ishtar



ruled by Gilgamesh



Anu - CORRECT ANSWER -god of Uruk & of heaven (Ishtar's father)



Ishtar - CORRECT ANSWER -goddess of Uruk & of love & war



proposes to Gilgamesh and is rejected



unleashes Bull of Heaven on Uruk



Shamash - CORRECT ANSWER -god of the sun and of justice



protector of Gilgamesh (henotheism present)

, urges Gilgamesh & Enkidu to kill Humbaba



Enlil - CORRECT ANSWER -god of the weather (waters above)



set Humbaba to guard over Cedar Forest



Gilgamesh & Enkidu make a door of cedar for his temple



begrudgingly grants Uta-napishti immortality



Ea - CORRECT ANSWER -god of the sea (waters below)



warns Uta-napishti of Deluge (flood)



Belet-ili - CORRECT ANSWER -goddess of the earth-land-mountains



Mother Goddess



Sin - CORRECT ANSWER -god of the moon



Gilgamesh - CORRECT ANSWER -king of Uruk- built its wall



son of Ninsun



Epic of Gilgamesh is his autobiography



has no equal until Enkidu



immature