Q 01/05

Gilgamesh was king of which ancient Mesopotamian city?

A) Babylon

B) Ur

C) Uruk

D) Nineveh

Answer · why

C) Uruk

He is listed among its kings on the Sumerian King List and credited with building its walls.

Q 02/05

According to the epic, what fraction of Gilgamesh was divine?

A) One-half

B) One-third

C) Three-quarters

D) Two-thirds

Answer · why

D) Two-thirds

His mother was a goddess; his people still cried out to the gods about his oppression.

Q 03/05

Where does the wild man created as Gilgamesh's equal live before he is tamed?

A) In the wilderness with a herd of animals

B) In the temple of Ishtar

C) On a boat on the Euphrates

D) In the palace of Kish

Answer · why

A) In the wilderness with a herd of animals

He is covered in hair and almost invincibly strong; the trapper whose snares he wrecks reports him to the sun god.

Q 04/05

Who is Shamhat, the woman who tames the wild man in Tablet one?

A) A queen of Uruk

B) A priestess of Anu

C) A shepherd's daughter

D) A temple prostitute

Answer · why

D) A temple prostitute

After six days and seven nights with her his herd flees, and she consoles him that he now has knowledge like the gods.

Q 05/05

Whose livelihood does the wild man ruin, prompting the first report of him to the sun god?

A) A fisherman's

B) A trapper's

C) A brewer's

D) A brickmaker's

Answer · why

B) A trapper's

He kept destroying the man's traps; the trapper later gets cursed and then blessed by the dying wild man.