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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. How many days does Sinuhe serve in the House of Death?
(a) 30.
(b) 2.
(c) 70.
(d) 5.

2. After Sinuhe gives everything over to Neferrneferrnefer, what does he learn when he returns home?
(a) That he must leave Egypt.
(b) That his parents are dead.
(c) That Kaptah is dead.
(d) That the new pharaoh is sick.

3. Why is the day of Sinuhe's birth unknown?
(a) He came out of the woods.
(b) He came from Smyrna.
(c) He came drifting down the Nile in a little reed boat.
(d) He was given to his parents as a gift.

4. How do the Syrian wives dress?
(a) They are covered from head to foot.
(b) Brightly colored fabrics.
(c) They always wear decorative hats.
(d) Very little clothing.

5. What animal do the people of Babylon have that Sinuhe has never seen before?
(a) A hen.
(b) A horse.
(c) A bull.
(d) A camel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color are Nefernefernefer's eyes?

2. How does Sinuhe get his medicines?

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

4. What kind of houses do the people of Babylon live in?

5. Where does Sinuhe bury his parents?

(see the answer key)

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