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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 does Sinuhe tell his mother and father he wants to be when he grows up?
(a) A warrior.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A painter.
(d) A pharaoh.

2. What does everyone know about the opening of the pharaoh's skull?
(a) That the pharaoh will live.
(b) That the pharaoh's brain must be studied.
(c) That no pharaoh has ever lived after the opening of the skull.
(d) That is ensures the pharaoh's place in the heavens.

3. Who comes upon Amenhotep and Sinuhe in the desert?
(a) Sinuhe's father.
(b) Nefernefernefer.
(c) Horemheb.
(d) The pharaoh.

4. What gift does Nefernefernefer give to Sinuhe when they first meet?
(a) A piece of gold.
(b) A ring.
(c) The cross of life.
(d) A precious stone.

5. What happens in the city of Thebes when the pharaoh dies?
(a) The bars are all open and active.
(b) The temple is open for prayer and drinking.
(c) All the shops are closed.
(d) The river runs red.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who paints the paintings that decorate Sinuhe's office?

2. Who does Nefernefernefer ask for the first time she meets Sinuhe?

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

4. What color are Nefernefernefer's eyes?

5. Who is in the pharaoh's bedroom when Ptahor and Sinuhe arrive to open the skull?

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