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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 10, The City of the Heavens.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Sinuhe falls in love with Minea, what does he want her to do?
(a) Go the Smyrna.
(b) Renounce her god.
(c) Return to her home so they can be married.
(d) Return to Babylon.

2. After the battle with Khabiri, how does Horemheb reward his men?
(a) With chains and bracelets and promotions.
(b) With cash.
(c) With the cross of life.
(d) With poems written by the pharaoh.

3. When the prince is crowned, what does he decree?
(a) That the slaves are freed from the mines.
(b) That all children will be able to read.
(c) That slaves will be given new jobs.
(d) That the town of Thebes will have no more liquor.

4. How is status determined in the land of the Hittites?
(a) By wealth.
(b) By beauty.
(c) By their proficiency in battle.
(d) By the decree of the king.

5. What does Kaptah use to find his way back to the opening of the cave?
(a) He draws on the wall of the cave.
(b) A string.
(c) A spool of thread.
(d) He drops rocks.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the children of Mitanni described by Sinuhe?

2. How does Sinuhe get his medicines?

3. What does Minotauros wear on his head?

4. What does everyone know about the opening of the pharaoh's skull?

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

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