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Part 2: Epic Hero: Gilgamesh — Unit test Answers

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Both Beowulf and Grendel

A
are epic poems written hundreds of years ago.
B
tell the story of Grendel’s encounters with humans.
C
are written in first-person point of view.
D
show the reader Grendel’s perspective on events.
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Which statement best describes how Gilgamesh's dreams affect the plot of Gilgamesh: A New English Version?

A
The dreams lessen any tension in the plot.
B
The dreams introduce the main idea.
C
The dreams shift the focus from Gilgamesh.
D
The dreams create conflict and suspense.
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Read the excerpt from Gilgamesh: A New English Version.At four hundred miles they stopped to eat, at a thousand miles they pitched their camp. They had traveled for just three days and nights, a six weeks’ journey for ordinary men.

A
The men are able to walk four hundred miles before stopping to eat and one thousand miles before stopping to rest.
B
Ordinary men would need less time if they were to embark on a journey of similar length and difficulty.
C
The men are able to travel in three days and nights a distance that would take ordinary men six weeks.
D
Ordinary men would never be able to walk one thousand miles before stopping to eat or to pitch a camp.
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Read the excerpt from Grendel.Then they would fight. Spears flying, swords whonking, arrows raining from the windows and doors of the meadhall and the edge of the woods. Horses reared and fell over screaming, ravens flew, crazy as bats in a fire, men staggered, gesturing wildly, making speeches, dying or sometimes pretending to be dying, sneaking off. Sometimes the attackers would be driven back, sometimes they’d win and burn the meadhall down, sometimes they’d capture the king of the meadhall and make his people give weapons and gold rings and cows.It was confusing and frightening, not in a way I could untangle. I was safe in my tree, and the men who fought were nothing to me, except of course that they talked in something akin to my language, which meant that we were, incredibly, related. I was sickened, if only at the waste of it: all they killed—cows, horses, men—they left to rot or burn.

A
He enjoys watching the violent men kill one another.
B
He admires the powerful weapons and strong men.
C
He wishes to be part of the excitement somehow.
D
He feels disgusted by the wasteful nature of war.
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Which examples from Gilgamesh: A New English Version most effectively illustrate the point that Gilgamesh takes risks? Select 3 options.

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From far off they saw the Cedar Mountain, / sacred to Ishtar, where the gods dwell, / the slopes of it steep, and rich in cedars
B
They advanced to the monster’s den. Humbaba / charged out roaring at them and said, / “I know you, Gilgamesh. Don’t be a fool.”
C
Gilgamesh felt his courage return. / They charged at Humbaba like two wild bulls.
D
He could not move forward, could not retreat. / Gilgamesh saw it, he leaped upon him, / he held a knife to Humbaba’s throat.
E
Gilgamesh chopped down the mighty trees, / Enkidu hewed the trunks into timbers.
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Read the excerpt from Spencer's narrative.As we waited for our new football coach to enter the locker room, we all secretly wondered what he would be like. Would he be tough but fair? Would he be demanding but understanding? Would he motivate us before each game with a rousing speech the way Coach Jackson always had? These thoughts were abruptly interrupted when our new coach entered the locker room, stood before us, and commanded our attention. "He" was a "she"! Our new coach was a female? Stunned, my mouth gaping, I barely heard what she said to the team next.

A
a paragraph that clearly establishes the narrative’s point of view
B
engaging dialogue that tells the reader what the coach says to the team
C
a thoughtful reflection that explains what the coach teaches Spencer
D
detailed descriptions of each player’s reaction to the new coach
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Which pair of words shares the same suffix?

A
enjoyable, teachable
B
disappoint, disrepair
C
mistake, misery
D
angrily, angered
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Read the sentence from a personal narrative.My grandfather used to spend hours telling me stories I loved to hear.

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My grandfather always had a lot of stories to tell, and I would always beg to hear them. He would talk for hours, and I did not even notice. I loved these stories, and I loved that my grandfather was willing to spend hours sharing them with me.
B
I used to love spending summers with my grandparents on their ranch. We did all sorts of fun things. One of my very favorite parts of those summers was listening to my grandfather tell me the cool stories that I always loved and begged to hear.
C
Years ago, my grandfather would spend hours telling me all kinds of stories. I always loved his stories because they were funny and he did a great job telling them. They were about all sorts of subjects, and I thought he was the best and coolest storyteller who had ever lived.
D
When I was younger, I would spend entire summers on my grandparents’ ranch. Every evening after dinner, Grandpa would tell me stories about what life on the ranch had been like for him when he was my age. I appreciated his stories because they let me get to know Grandpa better.
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Read the point that is being made and the illustration that follows it.Point: Gilgamesh is a courageous leader.Illustration: Enkidu is frightened of Humbaba and wants to turn back, but he tells Gilgamesh, "You go into the dreadful forest, you kill Humbaba and win the fame.”

A
Enkidu also tells Gilgamesh that he “will return now to great-walled Uruk” and that all men will know he has been a coward.
B
Although Enkidu fears for his own life, he is thoughtless and does not necessarily fear for the lives of others.
C
Enkidu is deeply fearful of Humbaba, and he strongly believes that Gilgamesh has the courage and ability to defeat Humbaba alone.
D
This proves that Enkidu does not believe that anyone can defeat Humbaba, even if he thinks Gilgamesh should at least try.
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Read the passage from Beowulf.From where he crouched at the king's feet,Unferth, a son of Ecglaf’s, spokecontrary words. Beowulf’s coming,his sea-braving, made him sick with envy:he could not brook or abide the factthat anyone else alive under heavenmight enjoy greater regard than he did:

A
acclaimed.
B
frail.
C
petty.
D
religious.

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