The Epic of
Gilgamesh
Reading Questions
Name:
Date:
Directions: as you read the Epic of Gilgamesh, answer the
following questions in your journal.
Part One: pages 35-44
1. Who was Gilgamesh?
2. What superhuman qualities did Gilgamesh have?
3. How has the Epic of Gilgamesh been put/pieced together?
4. What is a roller?
5. What is the Bull of Heaven?
6. What city is Gilgamesh the King of?
7. How did Gilgamesh become a tyrant? (examples)
8. Why do the citizens of Uruk complain about Gilgamesh?
9. Who is the goddess of creation?
10. Who is Enkidu?
11. How did he scare the trapper?
12. What was used to remind Enkidu that he was a human?
13. Why did Gilgamesh go see his mother at the temple?
14.Who is Ninsun?
15. How did Ninsun explain who Enkidu was to Gilgamesh?
16. What does the axe represent in Gilgamesh’s dream?
17.Why was Enkidu sent to Uruk?
18. Why did Enkidu and Gilgamesh become friends?