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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. What is the one thing that Sinuhe cannot give away in his negotiations with King Aziru?
(a) Kem.
(b) Babylon.
(c) Gaza.
(d) Mitanni.

2. Why, at first, is is said that the people in the Lower Kingdom are requesting jars?
(a) They use them as drinking vessels.
(b) They are canning grain.
(c) They are hanging them in the sunlight as a new decoration to honor Aton.
(d) They have discovered a way of preserving fish in salt and water.

3. When Kaptah and Sinuhe get to the opening in the cave where the sea enters, what do they find?
(a) A priest.
(b) A dead colossal bull.
(c) Minotaurus.
(d) Minea alive.

4. When the prince is crowned, what does he decree?
(a) That slaves will be given new jobs.
(b) That the slaves are freed from the mines.
(c) That all children will be able to read.
(d) That the town of Thebes will have no more liquor.

5. What does Sinuhe insist of King Aziru after he is greeted in the desert?
(a) That he is given a chariot to ride.
(b) That he return the gifts.
(c) That he is allowed to change out of the robes.
(d) That the man who jabbed his behind is flogged.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Sinuhe gives everything over to Neferrneferrnefer, what does he learn when he returns home?

2. How does MInea dance in the competition once she reaches Crete?

3. What does Aziru's son do when his father is attacked by assassins?

4. What does Sinuhe do with the scarab that he finds?

5. How do the women of Crete wear their hair?

(see the answer key)

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