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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. Where does Sinuhe bury his parents?
(a) In a pauper's cemetary.
(b) Near the entrance of a royal tomb.
(c) In the desert.
(d) Near the temple of Ammon.

2. Where are people buried near Thebes?
(a) In the slave quarter of the city.
(b) The City of the Dead.
(c) In the reeds near the river.
(d) By the Temple of Death.

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

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

5. What does Sinuhe do on a return to Thebes to show that he is equal to the rowers?
(a) He refuses to beat them with a whip.
(b) He shares his gold.
(c) He cooks for them.
(d) He rows the boat with the rowers for several days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the bathrooms have in Crete?

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

3. How has Aziru's seven-year-old son shown that he will be a great warrior?

4. Who does Princess Ankhsenaton break the jar with who will be the next king?

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

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