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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 9, The Crocodile's Tail.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The morning after Sinuhe and Minea have slept on the boat escaping from Babylon, what is the noise they hear?
(a) Kaptah beating on the inside of the jar.
(b) An approaching storm.
(c) The men working.
(d) The slaves on the land.

2. How long does it take Sinuhe to pass his examination to enter the House of Life?
(a) Two years.
(b) Four years.
(c) One year.
(d) Two months.

3. What do people say about Nefertiti?
(a) That she is not as beautiful in person as people say.
(b) That she thinks only of her clothes and her indecent fashions.
(c) The she is the pharaoh's real sister.
(d) That she is not faithful to the pharaoh.

4. When the god Ammon statue talks to Sinuhe, whose voice does Sinuhe hear?
(a) The priest.
(b) Nefernefernefer.
(c) Another student.
(d) Ptahor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the prince is crowned, what does he decree?

2. Upon their return to Egypt, where does Kaptah want to take Sinuhe to have a drink?

3. In the land of the Hittites, how are the people ruled?

4. How is life different for a physician in Syria compared to Egypt?

5. Who does Sinuhe meet at Kaptah's favorite tavern when he returns to Egypt?

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