Gilgamesh Quiz: Background, Multiple Choice
A matching quiz on the background of the epic.
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Quiz – The Epic of Gilgamesh (Background)
Name
Date Per.
Mr. Reed
| A art epic | AE hell | ABE Rassam |
| B Assurbanipal | BC hieroglyphics | ACD Rawlinson |
| C basilica | BD Layard | ACE recension |
| D cuneiform | BE mortality vs. immortality | ADE Sumerians |
| E Egyptians | CD no | BCD tradition vs. progress |
| AB folk epic | CE optimistic | BCE transliteration |
| AC good vs. evil | DE parthenon | BDE yes |
| AD heaven | ABC pessimistic | CDE ziggurat |
| ABD pictographs |
1.What term identifies a work put together by comparison of variant earlier versions?
2.Who first excavated the library at Nineveh?
3.Who first deciphered the wedge-shaped writing in which the epic was recorded?
4.Who built the library in Nineveh where the Gilgamesh and other specimens of ancient literature were collected?
5.Who excavated the first complete collection of the Gilgamesh?
6.What is the correct term for the wedge-shaped writing in which the epic was recorded?
7.Who were the ancient people who first told the tales of Gilgamesh?
8.What term names the terraced pyramid or tower built as a temple meant to imitate a mountain?
9.What was the prevailing attitude toward life and the world in the Gilgamesh epic and era?
10.What is the central conflict and theme of the Gilgamesh?
11.What kind of epic is the Gilgamesh?
12.Was Gilgamesh an historical figure at all?
13.What image of the after-life did the Mesopotamians bequeath to us?
14.What image of the after-life did the Egyptians bequeath to us?
15.Is Gilgamesh a tragic hero?