Gilgamesh, Tablet X. Study questions

1. What does the tavern-keeper suspect at first? Why?
2. How does Gilgamesh explain himself?
3. What is her warning?
4. What happens when Gilgamesh meets the "stone things"? What does he demand of Urshanabi, the boatman?
5. What seems to be the problem? Who is at fault?
6. Urshanabi offers an alternative whereby Gilgamesh makes punting poles and sails the boat himself. What does Urshanabi warn him about?
7. What is the question Gilgamesh brings to Utanapishtim (the Babylonian version of Noah of the Ark fame)?
8. What insights into Gilgamesh's life does he offer? What insights into the mystery of death?