Question 1

When does female nudity appear in public Greek art?

Accepted Answer

A)   In the early Archaic Period
B)   Late in the Classical Period
C)   In early Hellenistic Period
D)   Sometime in the Mycenaean Age B

Question 2

In the pattern of motifs that characterizes the "hero myth," one of the hero's parents _______.

Accepted Answer

A)   must be deceased
B)   may be a wild animal
C)   may be divine
D)   must be divine C

Question 3

This statue is of the type called a _______.

Accepted Answer

A)   korê
B)   heroon
C)   polemistês
D)   kouros D

Question 4

Gilgamesh was a real man who once ruled which Sumerian city?

Accepted Answer

A)   Ur
B)   Nippur
C)   Larsa
D)   Uruk

Question 5

In the pattern of motifs that characterizes the "hero myth," the hero, at his death, _______.

Accepted Answer

A)   receives a magnificent funeral and may become a god
B)   is buried in an unmarked tomb
C)   is appeased with a human sacrifice
D)   may appear above his tomb and speak some final words to his family

Question 6

In the pattern of motifs that characterizes the "hero myth," the hero _______.

Accepted Answer

A)   falls under an enemy's power and is compelled to perform impossible labors
B)   is always destroyed by a dangerous woman
C)   has an ordinary birth but nevertheless performs spectacular deeds
D)   refuses all help from the gods

Question 7

Utnapishtim told Gilgamesh of a _______ that would restore youth to an old man.

Accepted Answer

A)   prickly herb that grew deep in the sea
B)   fruit of a tree in the garden of the gods
C)   drink made by Utnapishtim's wife
D)   ring made by the Annunaki

Question 8

What were cult places for the worship of heroes called?

Accepted Answer

A)   laoi
B)   perirrhanteria
C)   peripetoi
D)   heroa

Question 9

To whom does Ishtar furiously complain after she is savagely insulted by Gilgamesh?

Accepted Answer

A)   Enlil
B)   Aruru
C)   Anu
D)   Ereshkigal

Question 10

In the early fifth century BE, Cimon of Athens brought "home to Athens" the bones a giant skeleton he took to be that of _______.

Accepted Answer

A)   Theseus
B)   Heracles
C)   Homer
D)   Odysseus

Question 11

When did the celebration of religious cult at some preexisting Greek tumuli seem to have begun?

Accepted Answer

A)   In the Middle Bronze Age
B)   In the early Mycenaean Period
C)   In the late Iron Age
D)   At the beginning of the Classical Period

Question 12

In the garden of the gods at the edge of the sea lived _______, the divine beer maid.

Accepted Answer

A)   Shamash
B)   Errakal
C)   Peshtur
D)   Siduri

Question 13

How is Gilgamesh described?

Accepted Answer

A)   As two-thirds divine and one-third mortal
B)   As one-third falcon, one-third lion, and one part mortal
C)   As the son of all the gods
D)   As the only true son of Anu

Question 14

_______ and his wife were the only mortals to have survived the flood.

Accepted Answer

A)   Lugalbanda
B)   Siduri
C)   Shamash
D)   Utnapishtim

Question 15

In the pattern of motifs that characterizes the "hero myth," the hero's great strength is a menace to _______.

Accepted Answer

A)   to the gods
B)   his compatriots as well as to others
C)   to the enemies of some rival community
D)   his own family

Question 16

After Gilgamesh and Enkidu kill Humbaba, they offer Humbaba's head to which god, who is furious that they have killed him?

Accepted Answer

A)   Anu
B)   Ishtar
C)   Enlil
D)   Aruru

Question 17

What trial does Utnapishtim suggest in order to prove Gilgamesh's innate mortality?

Accepted Answer

A)   To stay awake for six days and seven nights
B)   To slay the guardian serpent of the garden of the gods
C)   To climb the Mountain of Cedar
D)   To travel to the Netherworld and return alive

Question 18

Gilgamesh advises the trapper to take a _______ with him to deal with Enkidu.

Accepted Answer

A)   troop of picked men
B)   whore
C)   lion and a bull
D)   bag of gold

Question 19

The term hero probably means "_______."

Accepted Answer

A)   leader
B)   army
C)   protector
D)   berserker

Question 20

In the pattern of motifs that characterizes the "hero myth," the hero _______.

Accepted Answer

A)   finds that his true companion is actually a disguised god
B)   breaks taboos, but never pays a price for it
C)   is responsible for the death of a companion
D)   never truly returns home before he dies

Exam 13: Introduction to Heroic Myth: The Mesopotamian Legend of Gilgamesh

When does female nudity appear in public Greek art?

In the pattern of motifs that characterizes the "hero myth," one of the hero's parents _______.

This statue is of the type called a _______.

Gilgamesh was a real man who once ruled which Sumerian city?

In the pattern of motifs that characterizes the "hero myth," the hero, at his death, _______.

In the pattern of motifs that characterizes the "hero myth," the hero _______.

Utnapishtim told Gilgamesh of a _______ that would restore youth to an old man.

What were cult places for the worship of heroes called?

To whom does Ishtar furiously complain after she is savagely insulted by Gilgamesh?

In the early fifth century BE, Cimon of Athens brought "home to Athens" the bones a giant skeleton he took to be that of _______.

When did the celebration of religious cult at some preexisting Greek tumuli seem to have begun?

In the garden of the gods at the edge of the sea lived _______, the divine beer maid.

How is Gilgamesh described?

_______ and his wife were the only mortals to have survived the flood.

In the pattern of motifs that characterizes the "hero myth," the hero's great strength is a menace to _______.

After Gilgamesh and Enkidu kill Humbaba, they offer Humbaba's head to which god, who is furious that they have killed him?

What trial does Utnapishtim suggest in order to prove Gilgamesh's innate mortality?

Gilgamesh advises the trapper to take a _______ with him to deal with Enkidu.

The term hero probably means "_______."

In the pattern of motifs that characterizes the "hero myth," the hero _______.