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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5, The Khabiri.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Other than Ptahor, whom does Sinuhe's father ask to dinner?
(a) Kaptah.
(b) Thothmes.
(c) Oneh.
(d) The pharaoh.

2. Why is the day of Sinuhe's birth unknown?
(a) He was given to his parents as a gift.
(b) He came out of the woods.
(c) He came drifting down the Nile in a little reed boat.
(d) He came from Smyrna.

3. What, according to the prince, Amenhotep, is an abomination to Aton?
(a) Blood.
(b) His son.
(c) Taxes.
(d) The Nile.

4. Who does Nefernefernefer ask for the first time she meets Sinuhe?
(a) Sinuhe's father.
(b) The priest.
(c) Metufer, a classmate.
(d) Ptahor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What gift does Nefernefernefer give to Sinuhe when they first meet?

2. What does Sinuhe treat King Aziru for?

3. What does Sinuhe tell his mother and father he wants to be when he grows up?

4. What present does Ptahor send to Kipa the day after he leaves her house?

5. After Sinuhe gives everything over to Neferrneferrnefer, what does he learn when he returns home?

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