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

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

3. What fate awaits Minea in her homeland?
(a) She is to be married to a man chosen for her.
(b) Her lot has alrealdy fallen, and she must be sacrificed to her god.
(c) She will be queen of the sea.
(d) She will return to be a servant for the royal family.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does Sinuhe take no money for his slave girl Keftiu?

4. What does Minea threaten to do on the boat to escape Sinuhe?

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

(see the answer key)

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