Read the excerpt from Gilgamesh: A New English Version. At four hundred miles they stopped to eat, at a thousand miles they pitched their camp. They had traveled for just three days and nights, a six weeks' journey for ordinary men. When the sun was setting, they dug a well, they filled their waterskins with fresh water, Gilgamesh climbed to the mountaintop, he poured out flour as an offering and said, "Mountain, bring me a favorable dream." Which feature of epic poetry does this excerpt most clearly show?
Answer
A
a journey filled with many challenges
B
supernatural forces, such as gods or monsters, that intervene
C
a courageous hero who answers a call to adventure
D
a vast setting of distant landscapes
Explanation
The excerpt emphasizes the enormous distance Gilgamesh and his companion travel: they cover a thousand miles in only three days, while the same journey would take ordinary men six weeks. That scale makes the setting feel vast and distant, so the best answer is “a vast setting of distant landscapes.” The passage mentions asking the mountain for a dream, but it does not show a god or monster intervening.
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