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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. When Sinuhe turns seven to what event does his mother take him?
(a) The House of Death.
(b) The Nile.
(c) The theater.
(d) A sacrifice.

2. How many men and boys are in Sinuhe's class at the House of Life?
(a) 25.
(b) 30.
(c) 60.
(d) 5.

3. Who paints the paintings that decorate Sinuhe's office?
(a) Kaptah.
(b) Kipa.
(c) Thothmes.
(d) Ptahor.

4. Who is Sinuhe's first teacher, hired by his father?
(a) Hormeheb.
(b) Ptahor.
(c) Oneh.
(d) Kaptah.

5. What present does Ptahor send to Kipa the day after he leaves her house?
(a) A necklace of pearls.
(b) A precious ring.
(c) A sacred scarab carved from a precious stone.
(d) A thank-you note.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, according to the prince, Amenhotep, is an abomination to Aton?

2. What is significant about the slave that Sinuhe buys?

3. Who is Horemheb in love with?

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

5. What god does the young heir call upon to bless his father at the opening of his skull?

(see the answer key)

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