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

2. What happens to Amenhotep in the desert with Sinuhe?
(a) He has a seizure.
(b) He cries.
(c) He gets drunk.
(d) He steals from a crypt.

3. 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?
(a) To know how to open a skull.
(b) To write.
(c) To speak well.
(d) To know the royal family.

4. When Sinuhe admits to the priest that the god Ammon did not speak to him, what do the priests and his classmates do?
(a) Sinuhe flunks his year of study and must repeat it.
(b) Sinuhe is shipped down the Nile.
(c) They kick him out of class.
(d) They laugh at him.

5. How does Ptahor arrive at Sinuhe's house?
(a) On a chair borne by two slaves.
(b) He walks.
(c) He arrives in a chariot.
(d) He arrives by horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the god Ammon statue talks to Sinuhe, whose voice does Sinuhe hear?

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

3. Who is Sinuhe's first teacher, hired by his father?

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

5. When Sinuhe finds his old friend Thothmes, what is he doing for a living?

(see the answer key)

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