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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are people buried near Thebes?
(a) In the reeds near the river.
(b) In the slave quarter of the city.
(c) By the Temple of Death.
(d) The City of the Dead.

2. How long has Sinuhe been in exile at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Three years.
(b) 2,000 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) Three months.

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

4. Other than Ptahor, whom does Sinuhe's father ask to dinner?
(a) Oneh.
(b) Thothmes.
(c) The pharaoh.
(d) Kaptah.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. After Nefernefernefer gets Sinuhe's property, what does she want from him next?

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

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

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

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