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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. What happens in the city of Thebes when the pharaoh dies?
(a) The bars are all open and active.
(b) The river runs red.
(c) The temple is open for prayer and drinking.
(d) All the shops are closed.

2. The morning after Sinuhe and Minea have slept on the boat escaping from Babylon, what is the noise they hear?
(a) Kaptah beating on the inside of the jar.
(b) The men working.
(c) An approaching storm.
(d) The slaves on the land.

3. When told of neighboring countries preparing for war against Egypt, what does the Pharaoh Akenaton say he has given to the other kings that will make them happy?
(a) Gold.
(b) Titles.
(c) The land of Ammon.
(d) The cross of life.

4. How does Sinuhe get his medicines?
(a) His mother makes all the medicines.
(b) He buys them from Crete.
(c) He makes them.
(d) His father mixes them for him.

5. What does Sinuhe do with the scarab that he finds?
(a) He leaves it on his mother's grave.
(b) He gives it to Nefernefernefer.
(c) He gives it to the stranger.
(d) He gives it to Kaptah as a god.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When Sinuhe opens a man's skull in Mitanni, what does he find?

4. What does Pharaoh Akenaton want to do with the open walks and gardens and the sacred lakes?

5. Why is the city of Hattushash unknown to outsiders?

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