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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, Nefernefernefer.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Sinuhe admits to the priest that the god Ammon did not speak to him, what do the priests and his classmates do?

3. How long has Sinuhe been in exile at the beginning of the novel?

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

5. What does Sinuhe do with the gift from Nefernefernefer?

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