1) Which literary device do the words in bold most exemplify? "Surpassing all kings, powerful and tall beyond all others, violent, splendid, a wild bull of a man...fortress they called him...raging flood that destroys all defenses." a) Simile b) Metaphor c) Foreshadowing d) Symbolism 2) "He must be the strongest man in the world, with muscles like a rock." What literary device does this piece of evidence contain? a) Simile b) Metaphor c) Foreshadowing d) Symbolism 3) "A bright star shot across the morning sky and fell at Gilgamesh's feet. It lay before him like a huge boulder." What does the boulder symbolize in Gilgamesh's dream? a) Shamash b) Humbaba c) Enkidu d) His father, King Lugalbanda 4) "She predicted that he would soon meet a man who is loyal and will stand by his side through the greatest dangers." What literary device does this piece of evidence contain? a) Simile b) Metaphor c) Foreshadowing d) Symbolism 5) "His breath spews fire, his voice booms like thunder, his jaws are death." What literary device does this piece of evidence contain? a) Simile  b) Metaphor c) Conflict d) All of the above  6) "We were walking in a gorge, and when I looked up, a huge mountain loomed, so huge that we were as small as flies." Which of the following BEST explains the excerpt from Tablet 4?  a) The mountain symbolizes Humbaba in Gilgamesh's dreams. b) A simile is used in this excerpt to emphasize the difference in size between Humbaba and Gilgamesh. c) The dream foreshadows a conflict that Gilgamesh will soon face. d) All of the above 7) Which of the following best explains the following piece of evidence from Tablet 5? "His eyes rolled, and at the axe's third stroke he toppled like a cedar and crashed to the ground." a) The evidence describes the fight between Gilgamesh and Enkidu in which Enkidu was victorious. b) The excerpt demonstrates Gilgamesh's internal conflict. c) The evidence uses a metaphor to help the reader understand the vastness of the Cedar Forest. d) The evidence uses a simile to compare Humbaba's death to the falling of a giant tree to the ground. 8) What does the bull symbolize in Gilgamesh's dream in Tablet 4? "I was wrestling a gigantic bull, its bellow shattered the ground and raised the clouds of dust that darkened the sky..." a) King Lugalbanda, Gilgamesh's Father b) Aruru, Goddess of Creation c) Shamash, God of the Sky d) Ninsun, Gilgamesh's mother 9) What literary device does the following evidence illustrate? "Because you have done this, may Enkidu die, may he die in great pain, may Gilgamesh be inconsolable." a) Symbolism b) Foreshadowing c) Simile d) Metaphor 10) All of the following are compared to a bull in the Epic of Gilgamesh except a) Gilgamesh b) Humbaba c) Enkidu d) Shamash

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