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
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