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Question #1
Ancient religions recognized many gods, and made stories about them to explain natural phenomenon. A culture that worships many gods is called:
A.
humanist
B.
pantheistic
C.
polytheistic
D.
atheistic
Question #2
Tiamat was the Mother Goddess of Babylonian mythology. She is defeated by her grandson Marduk, who then creates the earth and sky:
A.
with his wife, Inanna
B.
in six days
C.
from her body
D.
from clay
Question #3
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.
Humanist Civilization
B.
Western Civilization
C.
Eastern Civilization
D.
Classical Civilization
Question #4
In Egyptian mythology Nut, goddess of the sky, is the Mother Goddess. She is impregnated by her lovers Geb and Thoth, which enrages her husband:
A.
Anubis, god of embalming
B.
the Elder Horus
C.
Re, god of the sun
D.
King Tut
Question #5
Gilgamesh undertakes a quest to find immortality. He travels to Mount Mashu, where he finds the entrance to another world guarded by:
A.
Siduri, the alewife
B.
Scorpion men
C.
Fifty unsullied warriors
D.
A troll who asks three questions
Question #6
At the beginning of his epic, Gilgamesh is not a wise ruler. The gods create Enkidu to challenge him. Enkidu is:
A.
a priest
B.
a wild man who lives with beasts
C.
the monster of the cedar forest
D.
the god of vengeance
Question #7
After becoming friends with the king, Enkidu feels useless. Gilgamesh proposes they undertake a journey to kill Humbaba, a monster who lives in:
A.
the sea
B.
Egypt
C.
the underworld
D.
the cedar forest
Question #8
An epic poem consists of three elements: great length, a central hero and:
A.
passages intended to be sung
B.
the interpretation of dreams
C.
the death of a major character
D.
a combination of historical and mythological elements
Question #9
Gilgamesh asks Utnapishtim for the secret to eternal live. Utnaphishtim agress to tell him, if he can do what:
A.
stay awake for five days
B.
defeat the Bull of Heaven
C.
kill the monster of the cedar forest
D.
cut trees to make poles
Question #10
In early cultures, the gods are born of primal elements like earth, water or sky. In Babylonian mythology they were Apsu the sweet water, Tiamat the salt water and:
A.
Anu, the heavens
B.
Shamash, the sun
C.
Mummu, the mist
D.
Apu, the wind
Question #11
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.
his father, Lugulbanda
B.
Utanpishtim the Faraway
C.
Enkidu himself
D.
his mother, Ninsun
Question #12
Osiris is the oldest child of Nut, born as a man. He becomes the god of fertility and ruler of the underworld after his brother Set tricks him into:
A.
marrying his sister, Isis
B.
lying in a wooden box
C.
swallowing a scorpion
D.
a quest to the land beyond life
Question #13
The first laws were written in cuneiform on black stone markers, and allowed the king to rule in absentia, that is, while he was not present in the city. This king was:
A.
Ashursirbanipal
B.
Nebuchadnezzar
C.
Nineveh
D.
Hammurabi
Question #14
While the civilizations of Egypt and Mesopotamia worshipped many gods, the Abrahamic faiths worshipped only one god. The oldest of the Abrahamic faiths is:
A.
Hindusim
B.
Judaism
C.
Zoroastrianism
D.
Christianity
Question #15
The goddess Ishtar proposes that Gilgamesh marry her, but he refuses because:
A.
he is only two-thirds god
B.
Enkidu advises him to not do it
C.
she abuses her lovers
D.
he must travel beyond the mountain
Question #16
Gilgamesh finds a plant that gives eternal youth, which is stolen by a snake. He knows the snake will be young forever because:
A.
Utnapishtim shows him seven loaves of bread
B.
The snake sheds its skin
C.
The god Shamash tells him
D.
The snake enters The Garden of Eden
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