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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Thebes Fever.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is significant about the slave that Sinuhe buys?
(a) He is quite bright.
(b) He speaks Greek.
(c) He knows Sinuhe's father.
(d) He has one eye.

3. What talent does Thothmes have?
(a) He can read.
(b) He can sing.
(c) He can draw and sculpt.
(d) He writes music.

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 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 is not able to help the slave.

5. When Sinuhe finds his old friend Thothmes, what is he doing for a living?
(a) Making picture books for rich men's children.
(b) Painting in the royal court.
(c) Working for Semnut, Sinuhe's father.
(d) Working for Nefernefernefer.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What, according to Sinuhe's father, is the most important thing for a young man to learn if he wants to be leader among his people?

3. What is Sinuhe's favorite toy as a child?

4. Why is the day of Sinuhe's birth unknown?

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

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