Chapter 1, Tablet 1

Questions

1. Who does the narrator say his story will be about?
2. What had the extraordinary person achieved?
3. What's in the hidden box?
4. What position does Gilgamesh hold?
5. Who are Gilgamesh's parents?
6. What public projects did Gilgamesh supervise?
7. Who designed the shape of Gilgamesh's body?
8. Why are the people of Uruk annoyed at Gilgamesh?
9. What do the people of Uruk do when they get fed up with Gilgamesh's behaviour?
10. What does Anu instruct Aruru to do?
11. What's the name of the human that Aruru makes?
12. What happens after Enkidu has sex with Shamhat?
13. Why can't Enkidu run as fast as he used to or catch up to the animals?
14. What does Enkidu plan to do when Shamhat brings him to Gilgamesh?
15. What did Gilgamesh dream fell on the ground next to him?
16. What did Gilgamesh do to the meteorite?
17. How did Ninsun interpret the dream?
18. What object did Gilgamesh find in front of his marital chamber in the dream?
19. What did Gilgamesh do to the axe?
20. How did Ninsun interpret the dream?

Answers

1. An extraordinary person
2. Complete knowledge
3. A tablet which tells the story of Gilgamesh
4. He's a king of Uruk.
5. Lugalbanda (a mortal king of Uruk) and Ninsun (a goddess)
6. Carving passes through mountains, digging wells, and restoring temples
7. The goddess Aruru
8. He's extremely arrogant.
9. Pray to the gods for help
10. Make another human who can take on Gilgamesh
11. Enkidu
12. He can't run as fast as he used to, or catch up to the animals.
13. He's been civilized.
14. Overcome Gilgamesh so everyone will know he's the most powerful person around
15. A meteorite
16. He embraced it as if it was his wife and then placed it at his mother's feet.
17. That Gilgamesh would get a new friend
18. An axe
19. He placed it at his mother's feet and embraced it as if it was his wife.
20. That Gilgamesh wants a new friend