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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 7, Minea.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Sinuhe take no money for his slave girl Keftiu?
(a) He wants to get rid of Keftiu.
(b) He wants to visit the king is his country.
(c) He wants to secure a friendship.
(d) Kaptah takes money from the king.

3. What trick does Sinuhe perform for the young king of Babylon?
(a) He changes water into wine.
(b) He opens a skull for the king to see.
(c) He changes water into blood.
(d) He shows him a human brain.

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

5. What does Sinuhe transport Kaptah in to get him to the boat to escape Babylon?
(a) He dresses him like a woman.
(b) In a large earthenware jar.
(c) Hidden in a barrel.
(d) Rolled in a mat.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is in the pharaoh's bedroom when Ptahor and Sinuhe arrive to open the skull?

3. What is ailing the king of Babylon?

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

5. In the House of Death what is the job of Ramose?

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