Exam 16: Mesopotamia: the Epic of Gilgamesh

When Gilgamesh comes to the passage between the mountains which guard the rising and setting sun on his quest for eternal life, the scorpion monsters guarding the passage fit Joseph Campbell's designation ________________.

_____________ is the harlot who teaches Enkidu civilized ways.

_________________ interprets Gilgamesh's troubling dreams for him.

Like Noah, ____________________ loads his family, animals, and provisions for a new life into a boat built as a result of a warning before the flood.

When Gilgamesh insults Ishtar, she asks Anu, her father, to give her _____________ to destroy Gilgamesh.

Gilgamesh learns a secret, that the gods decided to make a __________________.

Mesopotamian gods were _____________________, reflecting both positive and negative human behavior traits.

The gods often heard complaints that Gilgamesh was_____________________

Syncretism is the term for ________________.

Gilgamesh is semidivine, and not immortal, because ___________________.

The significance of the plant of Youth Regained is that it ____________________.

Gilgamesh meets ________________, a goddess of brewing and wisdom, who gives him advice.

___________________, the goddess of creation, is called upon to create a companion for Gilgamesh.

Gilgamesh was king of __________________.

Siduri tells Gilgamesh to find _______________ if he insists on crossing the waters of death to find Utnapishtim.

________________________ snatches from Gilgamesh the plant that restores youth.

______________________ is the king of the cedar forest conquered by Gilgamesh and Enkidu.

The wedge-shaped type of writing found on the "Gilgamesh" clay tablets is called _________________________.

Through his friendship with ________________, Gilgamesh eventually becomes a worthy king of his people.

From the selection below, choose the only one that is NOT a belief of Mesopotamian society reflected in the Epic of Gilgamesh.