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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 MInea dance in the competition once she reaches Crete?
(a) She appears out of practice.
(b) She dances dangerously.
(c) She dances happily.
(d) She dances better than anyone else.

2. What does Aziru's son do when his father is attacked by assassins?
(a) He gets help.
(b) He jumps on them and strangles them.
(c) He stabs them with his little sword.
(d) He hits them with rocks.

3. When Sinuhe arrives at Gaza, how does he enter?
(a) A reed basket is lowered over the wall for him to climb into.
(b) A chariot is brought out to meet him and escorts him in.
(c) The gates are opened for his arrival.
(d) Slaves are sent with gifts.

4. After Sinuhe gives everything over to Neferrneferrnefer, what does he learn when he returns home?
(a) That he must leave Egypt.
(b) That Kaptah is dead.
(c) That his parents are dead.
(d) That the new pharaoh is sick.

5. What does Thothmes ask his students to do as they learn?
(a) To follow the patterns of the ancients.
(b) To copy the Egyptian art of old.
(c) To abstract the old art.
(d) To draw from life and not from patterns.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Merit tell Sinuhe happened to the mother of Thoth?

2. When Sinuhe is dumped in the desert, and Aziru's chariots approach him, what do they do to Sinuhe?

3. Where are people buried near Thebes?

4. Where does Sinuhe bury his parents?

5. After Nefernefernefer gets Sinuhe's property, what does she want from him next?

(see the answer key)

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