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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Thebes Fever.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Sinuhe admits to the priest that the god Ammon did not speak to him, what do the priests and his classmates do?
(a) Sinuhe is shipped down the Nile.
(b) They laugh at him.
(c) Sinuhe flunks his year of study and must repeat it.
(d) They kick him out of class.

2. Who played with Amenhotep like a sister when they were children?
(a) Nefertiti
(b) Baketamon.
(c) Sinuhe.
(d) Thothmes.

3. What is significant about the slave that Sinuhe buys?
(a) He is quite bright.
(b) He speaks Greek.
(c) He knows Sinuhe's father.
(d) He has one eye.

4. How does Sinuhe know that he is to assist Phator and go with him to the pharaoh?
(a) He gives him his ebony box to carry.
(b) Phator sees Sinuhe's ring and knows he is destined for greatness.
(c) Sinuhe's father tells him to assist.
(d) Phator tells him to assist him in the palace.

5. When Sinuhe turns seven to what event does his mother take him?
(a) The Nile.
(b) The theater.
(c) The House of Death.
(d) A sacrifice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What god does the young heir call upon to bless his father at the opening of his skull?

2. Who comes upon Amenhotep and Sinuhe in the desert?

3. What happens in the city of Thebes when the pharaoh dies?

4. How does Sinuhe get his medicines?

5. Who rules after Pharaoh Amenhotep III's death?

(see the answer key)

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