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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. How is life different for a physician in Syria compared to Egypt?
(a) A physician does not treat poor people.
(b) A physician get paid monthly.
(c) A physician must be documented by the king.
(d) The physician must seek out patients instead of them coming to him.

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

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

4. When Sinuhe walks to the pharaoh's temple upon his return to Egypt, what does he find?
(a) A new temple to Aton.
(b) Former slaves dresses beautifully walking to near the palace.
(c) The streets so full of life with lots of people about.
(d) Many to temples to Ammon.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When returning to Egypt, where does Sinuhe wish to buy a house?

3. Why is the city of Hattushash unknown to outsiders?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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