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Read the excerpt from Gilgamesh. A New English
Version
Which statement best paraphrases evidence to support
the conclusion that Gilgamesh is a fierce wamor?
Gilgamesh, hearing his beloved friend,
came to himself. He yelled, he lifted
his massive axe, he swung it, it tore
into Humbaba's neck, the blood
shot out again the axe bit flesh
and bone, the monster staggered, his eyes
rolled, and at the axe's third stroke
he toppled like a cedar and crashed to the ground,
At his death-roar the mountains of Lebanon shook,
the valleys ran with his blood, for ten miles
the forest resounded. Then the two friends
sliced him open pulled out his intestines
cut off his head with its knife sharp teeth
and horrible bloodshot staring eyes
Humbaba is so terrified of Gilgamesh that he lets
out a "death-roar" that makes the mountains of
Lebanon shake
After hearing Enkidu's encouraging words,
Gilgamesh feels like himself again and begins to yell
and swing his axe
Humbaba is so wounded that he staggers around
before crashing to the ground like a falling cedar
tree
After attacking and killing Humbaba with his axe,
Gilgamesh assists in slicing him open, removing his
intestines, and cutting off his head
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