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

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

2. Who does Nefernefernefer ask for the first time she meets Sinuhe?
(a) The priest.
(b) Metufer, a classmate.
(c) Ptahor.
(d) Sinuhe's father.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who rules after Pharaoh Amenhotep III's death?

2. Why is the day of Sinuhe's birth unknown?

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

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

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

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