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

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

3. How many days does Sinuhe serve in the House of Death?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 30.
(d) 70.

4. When the prince is crowned, who is his royal consort?
(a) Baketamon.
(b) The Princess of Mitanni, who still playes with dolls.
(c) The Queen Taia.
(d) Priest Eie.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Phator do to cure the young slave with the splinter in his brain?

2. How does Sinuhe get his medicines?

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

4. When Sinuhe walks to the pharaoh's temple upon his return to Egypt, what does he find?

5. What fate awaits Minea in her homeland?

(see the answer key)

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