Semester 1 Review

Who was Gilgamesh's best friend?

• His wife
• Ninsun
• Enkidu
• Utnapishtim

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What happens to Gilgamesh's friend?

• He dies
• He becomes immortal
• He lives a long, healthy life

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Who does Gilgamesh need to find in order to become immortal?

• Unnanashim

• Upartishee

• Utnapishtim

• Um

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Does Gilgamesh literally find the secret to immortality?

• Yes
• No

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What do the suitors need to shoot an arrow through after they have strung Odysseus' great bow?

• Axe heads
• Mounted animal heads
• A marble wall
• Penelope

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Who sets the challenge of the great bow?

• Penelope
• Telemachus
• Athena
• Odysseus

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Does Odysseus struggle to string the bow and shoot the arrow through his targets?

• Yes
• No

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What "sign" did Odysseus give Penelope to assure her that he was, indeed, Odysseus?

• He knew that their bed was plotted around a tree.
• He showed the scar on his leg.
• He recited a poem from their courting days.
• He took off his disguise.

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Where do we see Odysseus at the beginning of The Odyssey?

• On an island with Calypso
• On an island with King Alcinous
• Leaving Troy
• On Ithaca

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Why does Odysseus have to tie three of his men to their row-benches while leaving The Island of the Lotus Eaters?

• They didn't plug their ears.

• They ate the Lotus Flower.

• They fell in love with women on the island.

• They were trying to fight Odysseus.

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