Read this excerpt from part 5 of zeitoun. it was a test, zeitoun thinks. who among us could deny that we were tested? but now look at us, he says. every person is stronger now. every person who was forgotten by god or country is now louder, more defiant, and more determined. they existed before, and they exist again, in the city of new orleans and the united states of america. what assumption does the narrator make in this excerpt?

i would think its c but i'm not sure

16.) true

17.) true

18.) it doesn't say

19.) true

20.) false

explanation:

gilgamesh is a hero by birth as the epic explains it. in the epic the birth is explained in the way which tells us that gilgamesh’s creation was made perfect by the contribution of various god and that signifies the goal in his life, which was to become a hero and save mankind. an example from the text says. "the glorious sun shamash bestowed upon him glory; adad the terrible god of storms bestowed upon him courage. the great gods perfected his magnificence beyond all others, terrible like the great wild bull. two thirds god they made him; one third man they made him." a man born with superhuman qualities and partly god is destined to be a hero.

the heroic deeds carried by him later in his life also prove the heroic character of gilgamesh. for example hi battle with the ultimate beast humbaba is a proof of his bravery and characteristic heroism. gilgamesh was warned about the beast as the text says about humbaba “whose roar is a flood, whose mouth is fire, whose breath is death". but with the superhuman strength gilgamesh did the job