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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 12, The Water Clock Measures Time.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Sinuhe describe his life in Akhetaton?
(a) Like the desert, lost in time.
(b) Like a lovely, fading song.
(c) Like the sun rising every morning.
(d) Like a bird floating on the air.

2. Who comes upon Amenhotep and Sinuhe in the desert?
(a) Horemheb.
(b) Sinuhe's father.
(c) Nefernefernefer.
(d) The pharaoh.

3. What will Kaptah NOT buy with Sinuhe's money?
(a) Jewels.
(b) A new office for his physician's practice.
(c) A slave-trading house.
(d) Buildings and businesses.

4. What does Minotauros wear on his head?
(a) A crown.
(b) His hair piled very high.
(c) The golden head of a bull.
(d) A small hat.

5. When Sinuhe opens a man's skull in Mitanni, what does he find?
(a) Splinters in his brain.
(b) Bruises.
(c) Blood.
(d) A tumor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Sinuhe bury his parents?

2. What does Sinuhe read for a stranger in the City of the Dead?

3. How quickly does Akhetaton, the city, come into being?

4. What does Thothmes ask his students to do as they learn?

5. When the prince is crowned, who is his royal consort?

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