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Question #1

Taoism is the believe system of ancient China, which was different from many others in the world because it was:

A. atheistic

B. monotheistic

C. amoral

D. polytheistic

Question #2

After becoming friends with the king, Enkidu feels useless. Gilgamesh proposes they undertake a journey to kill Humbaba, a monster who lives in the:

A. Tigris river

B. Ziggurat

C. Cedar forest

D. Underworld

Question #3

There was a historical King Gilgamesh, who ruled Uruk between 2,700 and 2,500 BCE. This is verified by two sources: his name stamped on bricks, and carved on the:

A. Rosetta Stone

B. Sumerian King's List

C. Code of Hammurabi

D. Behistun Inscription

Question #4

In Babylonian mythology, Marduk was the grandson of Tiamat and rallied the gods to rebel against her. When they had defeated Tiamat, Marduk tore her body in half and used it to create:

A. sun and moon

B. sweet water and salt water

C. night and day

D. dry land and sky

Question #5

Gilgamesh finds a plant that gives eternal youth, which is stolen by a snake. He knows the snake will be young forever because: the snake:

A. lives in water

B. sheds its skin

C. avoids his attempt to kill it

D. can suddenly talk

Question #6

Humans created written language as symbols that represented ideas. Some of the earliest writing was rules that everyone agreed to live by, known as:

A. Hammurabi's Code

B. Moral law

C. Cuneiform

D. Civil law

Question #7

In Egyptian mythology Nut, goddess of the sky, is the Mother Goddess. Her husband Re, and her lovers Geb and Thoth, all impregnate her. She gives birth to the gods:

A. under a new moon

B. during the yearly flood

C. during a solar eclipse

D. all at once, over five days

Question #8

At its greatest, the Babylonian Empire ruled all of the region fed by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and the surrounding areas with enough groundwater to sustain herds of animals. That region of the Middle East is called:

A. the Nile Valley

B. Persia

C. the Fertile Crescent

D. the Assyrian Empire

Question #9

After he defeats Tiamat, Marduk and the other gods create the magnificent palace of Babylon before creating human beings. In Babylonian mythology, the purpose of humans is to:

A. create temples and homes

B. serve the gods at ease

C. cultivate food for the gods

D. sing the praises of heroes

Question #10

One of the first people Gilgamesh meets after passing under Mount Mashu advises him to seek Urshanbi the boatman. That person is:

A. Marduk, hero of Babylonia

B. Siduri, the winemaker

C. the god Adad

D. the goddess Ishtar

Question #11

The first cities were built near rivers which provided water for agriculture. The earliest was Mesopotamia, on the Tigris and Euphrates. The name “Mesopotamia” is Greek, meaning:

A. Mother goddess

B. Between rivers

C. First civilization

D. Mother water

Question #12

Gilgamesh undertakes a quest to find immortality. He travels to Mount Mashu, where he finds the entrance to another world guarded by:

A. A dragon

B. The goddess Ishtar

C. Siduri, the alewife

D. Scorpion men

Question #13

The Pharaohs of Egypt were considered gods on earth. In order to make themselves visually distinct from other people, the Pharaohs:

A. shaved the hair from their bodies

B. had multiple wives

C. tattooed their skin

D. wore long, tube-like beards

Question #14

While the civilizations of Egypt and Mesopotamia worshipped many gods, the Abrahamic faiths worshipped only one god. The belief in a single god is called:

A. Monolithic

B. Humanistic

C. Monotheism

D. Deism

Question #15

Ancient religions recognized many gods, and made stories about them to explain natural phenomenon. A list of gods in an ancient culture is called a:

A. Polytheism

B. Mythology

C. Pantheon

D. Theology

Question #16

Before the arrival of Enkidu into the city, Gilgamesh has two dreams. In one, a star falls at his feet and in the other he discovers a strangely shaped axe. These dreams are interpreted as omens of Enkidu by:

A. Enkidu himself

B. Tiresias, the prophet

C. Ninsun, his mother

D. Lugalbanda, his father

Question #17

At the beginning of his epic, Gilgamesh is not a wise ruler. He separates sons from their mothers and sleeps with other men's wives. He also does as he pleases with the:

A. annual tax

B. Sumerian king's list

C. scared altar

D. tocsin, an alarm bell

Question #18

Egypt is a civilization based on the Nile River, which flooded each year at the same time, with the same amount of water. This regularity led to the belief that death was not an end, but another phase of life. This idea was supported by the fact that the desert:

A. seemed endless

B. included deadly creatures

C. naturally mummified bodies

D. had heavenly oases

Question #19

The Egyptians created documents on papyrus, which is paper made from river reeds. One of the most important documents included hymns, prayers and instructions for the afterlife. It is called:

A. Book of the Dead

B. Cuneiform

C. Rosetta Stone

D. Hieroglyphics

Question #20

Angry with Gilgamesh, the goddess Ishtar asks her father Anu for permission to use a terrible creature against him. He agrees after she tells him that the people of Uruk have enough grain stored for seven years. That terrible creature was:

A. the Bull of Heaven

B. a falling star

C. the Cyclops

D. the Scorpion Man

Question #21

A visual art is a work intended primarily for the sense of sight. Other artworks are created before an audience and have duration. These are called

A. performing arts

B. ritual

C. theatre

D. oral tradition

Question #22

One of the visual arts is painting, in which the artist creates form using pigment and surface. Frequently there must be a third substance, like the oil in oil paint. That third substance is called:

A. turpentine

B. bindery

C. gesso

D. support

Question #23

Philosophy is the search for truth through the process of reason. People also accept some things as true without reason, which is called:

A. faith or belief

B. religion

C. theology

D. history

Question #24

Sin-Leqi-Unimmi, a Babylonian priest, compiled disconnected stories of Gilgamesh into a single epic sometime between 1,600 and 1,000 BCE. This corresponds with documents written by another culture, which eventually became:

A. The Old Testament

B. Greek mythology

C. The Koran

D. The library of Nineveh

Question #25

Civilization is a state of human existence in which people live together for mutual benefit. One civilization began in ancient Greece, was copied and improved by ancient Rome, and is the foundation of our own civilization. It is called:

A. Greek civilization

B. Human civilization

C. Western civilization

D. Middle Eastern civilization

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