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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 6, The Day of the False King.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the king of Babylon?
(a) Horemheb.
(b) Pharaoh Ahknaton.
(c) King Aziru.
(d) King Burnaburiash.

2. Who is in the pharaoh's bedroom when Ptahor and Sinuhe arrive to open the skull?
(a) The royal consort Taia only.
(b) Amenhotel, the heir only.
(c) The royal consort Taia, Amenhotep, and Baketamon.
(d) The priest Eie.

3. What kind of houses do the people of Babylon live in?
(a) Townhouses, four or five stories high.
(b) Wooden structures.
(c) Stone structures.
(d) Small adobe huts.

4. What does Sinuhe do with the gift from Nefernefernefer?
(a) He loses it.
(b) He returns it to her.
(c) He has his name engraved in the stone.
(d) He gives it to his mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What present does Ptahor send to Kipa the day after he leaves her house?

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

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

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

5. What is on the roof at the inn where Sinuhe stays in Babylon?

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