Paraphrasing Evidence Highlight evidence to support the conclusion that
Gilgamesh is a courageous leader
Suddenly Enkidu was seized by terror,
his face turned pale like a severed head.
He said to Gilgamesh, "Dear friend, I cannot
continue, I am frightened, I cannot go on.
You go into the dreadful forest,
you kill Humbaba and win the fame.
I will return now to great-walled Uruk,
and all men will know what a coward I have been."
-Gilgamesh: A New English Translation,
Stephen Mitchell
Which statement best paraphrases evidence from the
passage to support the conclusion?
O Enkidu becomes too frightened to continue and
abandons Gilgamesh.
o Gilgamesh, sensing Enkidu's fear, allows his friend
to return home.
O Gilgamesh proves that he is capable of killing the
beast on his own
O Enkidu is afraid, but he is also convinced of
Gilgamesh's ability to defeat Humbaba