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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. When Sinuhe and Kaptah return to Smyrna after they return from Crete, how do their neighbors react?
(a) They are happy to return as patients.
(b) They bring food for the Egyptians.
(c) They are happy to see the Egyptians.
(d) They are not pleased to see the Egyptians.

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

3. What does Phator do to cure the young slave with the splinter in his brain?
(a) He is not able to help the slave.
(b) He gives him powerful medicines for the pain.
(c) He opens his skull, takes out the splinter and puts a silver plate over it.
(d) He runs a velvet cloth over his head.

4. What does Horemheb want Sinuhe to do for him after the battle with the Khabiri?
(a) He wants him to travel and spy for him.
(b) He want him to go away and never see him again.
(c) He wants him to talk to the pharaoh for him.
(d) He wants him to return to Egypt with him.

5. To get off the boat, what does Kaptah suggest he, Sinuhe, and Minea pretend to be?
(a) A group of doctors.
(b) A company of performers.
(c) Dancers.
(d) Servants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What shape is the god of the new pharaoh?

2. How does Sinuhe know that he is to assist Phator and go with him to the pharaoh?

3. When Sinuhe admits to the priest that the god Ammon did not speak to him, what do the priests and his classmates do?

4. How is status determined in the land of the Hittites?

5. How many years has the King reigned in Hatti?

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