Read the excerpt from Gilgamesh: A New English Version. Gilgamesh climbed to the mountaintop,
he poured out flour as an offering and said,
"Mountain, bring me a favorable dream."
Enkidu did the ritual for dreams,
praying for a sign. A gust of wind
passed.

This excerpt is repeated several times. What effect does this repetition have on the epic?

It shows that Gilgamesh is a courageous hero who seeks adventure.
It shows that Gilgamesh's journey is both very long and very difficult.
It shows that the landscape Gilgamesh is traveling is distant and vast.
It shows that the supernatural are leading Gilgamesh during his quest.

Part b: which phrase from the text best support the answers to part a? a. “i don't want to talk to somebody when i go check in at an airport. i just either download the boarding pass to my phone or walk up to a kiosk and get it.” (paragraph 8) b. “you do not have to go far to find someone who disagrees with andrew mcafee, just around the corner to the office of another person at the same university.” (paragraph 11) c. “the set of things that machines do not do like humans is innumerable.” (paragraph 16) d. “you wonder if you're joining that long litany of voices who go down as having made the incorrect prediction one more time, but i think the facts are different this time.” (paragraph 23)