<p>The Epic Of Gilgamesh</p><p>Chapter 4</p><p>1) What does Gilgamesh dream and how does Enkidu interpret these dreams?</p><p>2) What is Shamash encouraging Gilgamesh and Enkidu to accomplish?</p><p>3) What does Gilgamesh do to attract Humbaba’s attention?</p><p>4) What does Shamash do to help Gilgamesh and Enkidu?</p><p>5) What do Gilgamesh, Enkidu and the young men do while Shamash is delaying Humbaba?</p><p>6) When Gilgamesh comes face to face with Humbaba, what does he do?</p><p>7) As a result of Humbaba’s pleas, Gilgamesh feels pity for him. What does Enkidu advise him to do?</p><p>8) According to Enkidu, what must human beings have in order to survive?</p><p>Chapter 5</p><p>1) Who is Ishtar? What does Ishtar promise Gilgamesh if he marries her?</p><p>2) What is Gilgamesh’s reaction to her request?</p><p>3) What does he compare Ishtar to? Ultimately, what is he saying about her with all of his comparisons?</p><p>4) In her rage against Gilgamesh, what does Ishtar ask of her father Anu?</p><p>5) What does Anu say will happen to the land of Uruk if he grants her request?</p><p>6) What is the significance of the number seven?</p><p>7) What happens when the Bull of Heaven is released in the city of Uruk?</p><p>8) What does Ishtar exclaim after Gilgamesh and Enkidu kill the Bull of Heaven?</p><p>9) How does Enkidu react?</p><p>10) What does Enkidu dream?</p><p>11) Whom does Enkidu curse and why does he curse them?</p><p>12) What does Shamash say to him in response?</p><p>13) After hearing Shamash what does Enkidu say?</p><p>14) What does Enkidu dream at this point?</p><p>15) What happens to Enkidu and how does Gilgamesh react?</p><p>16) What does Gilgamesh vow to do?</p><p>Chapter 6 1) Why does Gilgamesh go to see Utanapishtim?</p><p>2) What does the name Utanapishtim mean? Why might he be called the Faraway?</p><p>3) What tests must Gilgamesh undergo on his journey?</p><p>4) What does the scorpion man tell Gilgamesh about trying to find Utanapishtim?</p><p>5) How do you interpret the tunnel of darkness that Gilgamesh must travel through?</p><p>6) What does Gilgamesh see once he comes out of the tunnel?</p><p>7) What does Shamash tell Gilgamesh when he sees him?</p><p>8) Who is Siduri?</p><p>9) How does she react to Gilgamesh’s arrival and why is she suspicious?</p><p>10) What does Gilgamesh tell her?</p><p>11) What does Siduri tell him?</p><p>12) Who is Urshanabi and how can he help Gilgamesh?</p><p>13) What does Gilgamesh do that shows he has not changed into the good king the elders want him to be?</p><p>14) How has this impacted his desire to make the sea journey to Utanapishtim?</p><p>15) What does Urshanabi tell him he must now do? What is constructed using these materials?</p><p>16) What are the Waters of Death?</p><p>17) What does Utanapishtim tell Gilgamesh? What does this say about the culture’s belief regarding predestination?</p><p>Chapter 7</p><p>1) Utanapishtim tells Gilgamesh his story. Why does he say Enlil called the gods together? What was his complaint? What does he want to do?</p><p>2) How does Ea feel about Enlil’s plans? What does he tell Utanapishtim to do?</p><p>3) What similarities do you see between the flood story told here and the Biblical flood story?</p><p>4) What does Enlil do for Utanapishtim and his wife after he discovers they have survived the flood?</p><p>Chapter 8</p><p>1) What does Utanapishtim tell Gilgamesh he must do to earn the right to immortality?</p><p>2) Does Gilgamesh succeed in this challenge?</p><p>3) What proof does Utanapishtim provide that Gilgamesh has slept for seven days? 4) Gilgamesh learns he will never escape death, but Utanapishtim provides him a list of the powers the gods have given him. What purpose might Utanapishtim have for doing this? What does Gilgamesh have to learn from this?</p><p>5) What gift does Utanapishtim give Gilgamesh to reward him for his arduous journey?</p><p>6) What must Gilgamesh do to retrieve the gift?</p><p>7) What happens to this gift when Gilgamesh decides to take a refreshing swim?</p><p>8) Ultimately what must Gilgramesh decide he must do with regards to the plant?</p>