Gilgamesh Test Review Test TOMORROW

Wednesday’s Agenda Find your NEW SEAT! Hey, what about the rest of the flood stories? Finish DABDA chart and review Archetypal journey stages Discuss test format Review for test with your NEW ROW PARTNER! HW: Study for tomorrow’s test on Gilgamesh.

Archetypal Journey - 1 The CallThe Threshold The Challenges The Abyss Dream of Enkidu’s coming Cedar Forest Mountain of the Sun Sea of Death Humbaba Bull of Heaven Death of Enkidu

Archetypal Journey - 2 The Transforma tion The Revelation The Atonement The Return Gilgamesh leaves Uruk and wanders the desert with a lion skin (“becomes” Enkidu) Gilgamesh realizes that he cannot escape death, no matter what Gilgamesh gives up his quest for immorality Takes up his calling as king of Uruk Gilgamesh brings back mysteries of the gods Restores the temples, forgotten rites

Test Format 25 Multiple-choice Questions (3 points each): –3 questions on background –18 questions on plot, characters, etc. –4 quote analysis questions Choose ONE out of 3 essay questions (25 points). Your essay should: –Include a clearly-stated thesis –Develop your thesis with examples from the text and analysis/explanation of those examples –Be 2-3 paragraphs long; 10 th grade paragraph = 6-7 sentences –Take you around 20 minutes to write. –Use the other questions as a resource

Review Some of these questions are on the test; others ask about information related to questions on the test Ten seconds to consult with partner and write answer on whiteboard Honor system of scoring High scores earn a candy treat

Review Question 1 In what country were the clay tablets containing Gilgamesh found?

Review Question 1 In what country were the clay tablets containing Gilgamesh found? Iraq

Review Question 2 Who translated Gilgamesh into English?

Review Question 2 Who translated Gilgamesh into English? George Smith

Review Question 3 What part of Gilgamesh did its first English readers find most interesting?

Review Question 3 What part of Gilgamesh did its first English readers find most interesting? Story of Utnapishtim’s flood

Review Question 4 Why did the people of Uruk pray to the gods for relief from Gilgamesh?

Review Question 4 Why did the people of Uruk pray to the gods for relief from Gilgamesh? He was abusing their sons (work projects) and daughters (sexual favors)

Review Question 5 Who introduces Enkidu to love, food, clothing, and hygiene?

Review Question 5 Who introduces Enkidu to love, food, clothing, and hygiene? Shamhat, the temple prostitute/priestess of Ishtar

Review Question 6 Name two people who oppose Gilgamesh’s plan to conquer Humbaba.

Review Question 6B What is Gilgamesh’s motivation for going after Humbaba?

Review Question 6B What is Gilgamesh’s motivation for going after Humbaba? He wants to make a name for himself (also, to a lesser degree, Gilgamesh says he is evil)

Review Question 6 Name two people who oppose Gilgamesh’s plan to conquer Humbaba. Enkidu, Ninsun (his mother), Elders of Uruk, Enlil (Humbaba’s protector god)

Review Question 7 What do all of Gilgamesh’s dreams on the way to the Cedar Forest have in common, according to Enkidu?

Review Question 7 What do all of Gilgamesh’s dreams on the way to the Cedar Forest have in common, according to Enkidu? They all predict that their mission will be a success

Review Question 8 Name the god who helps Gilgamesh and Enkidu defeat Humbaba and how he helps them.

Review Question 8 Name the god who helps Gilgamesh and Enkidu defeat Humbaba and how he helps them. Shamash helps them by sending the winds against Humbaba.

Review Question 9 Why does Gilgamesh reject Ishtar’s offer of love/marriage?

Review Question 9 Why does Gilgamesh reject Ishtar’s offer of love/marriage? He knows she has abused/been cruel to her former lovers

Review Question 10 Who is Tammuz?

Review Question 10 Who is Tammuz? The lover whom Ishtar tries (and fails) to rescue from the underworld (hmm…kind of like Gilgamesh)

Review Question 11 Why do the gods decide that Enkidu, rather than Gilgamesh, must die for killing Bull of Heaven and Humbaba?

Review Question 11 Why do the gods decide that Enkidu, rather than Gilgamesh, must die for killing Bull of Heaven and Humbaba? He took more of an active role in both: e.g. threw the thigh in Ishtar’s face

Review Question 12 What upsets Enkidu the most about how he is dying?

Review Question 12 What upsets Enkidu the most about how he is dying? He is not dying a hero’s death in battle, but simply fading…away.

Review Question 13 Whom does Enkidu curse when he finds out he must die? Whom, interestingly, does he NOT curse

Review Question 13 Whom does Enkidu curse when he finds out he must die? Whom, interestingly, does he NOT curse Trapper, Shamhat Does not curse Gilgamesh

Review Question 14 Why does Gilgamesh want to find Utnapishtim?

Review Question 14 Why does Gilgamesh want to find Utnapishtim? He is hoping to find the secret of his immortality

Review Question 15 What test does Gilgamesh fail? Extra credit: What symbol for the inevitable decay of the body do we see in this episode?

Review Question 15 What test does Gilgamesh fail? Stay awake for seven days 7 loaves of bread = Slow decay of human life

Review Question 16 List at least 2 of the elements we found common in many deluge stories from around the world.

Review Question 16 List at least 2 of the elements we found common in many deluge stories from around the world.

Review Question 17 What do both the prologue and the end of the Epic of Gilgamesh describe?

Review Question 17 What do both the prologue and the end of the Epic of Gilgamesh describe? The walled city of Uruk

Review Question 18 “This is the wall of Uruk, which no city on earth can equal. See how its ramparts gleam like copper in the sun.” Which stage of the archetypal heroic journey does the above quote refer to?

Review Question 18 “This is the wall of Uruk, which no city on earth can equal. See how its ramparts gleam like copper in the sun.” Which stage of the archetypal heroic journey does the above quote refer to? The Return

Review Question 19 Enkidu: “As for you, woman, with a great curse I curse you! I will promise you a destiny to all eternity. My curse shall come on you soon and sudden.” Which stage of grief does Enkidu exhibit in this passage?

Review Question 19 Enkidu: “As for you, woman, with a great curse I curse you! I will promise you a destiny to all eternity. My curse shall come on you soon and sudden.” Which stage of grief does Enkidu exhibit in this passage? Anger

Review Question 20 On a scale of 1-10, how cool was it to read the OLDEST STORY IN THE WORLD?

Review Question 20 On a scale of 1-10, how cool was it to read the OLDEST STORY IN THE WORLD? 10, no doubt