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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 12, The Water Clock Measures Time.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why will Minea not board the second vessel bound for Crete from Hatti?
(a) The vessel looks unsafe.
(b) The master of the vessel has evil eyes.
(c) The master of the vessel stared at her.
(d) The vessel is cursed.

3. 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 slaves on the land.
(c) The men working.
(d) An approaching storm.

4. What is the custom of marriage in Egypt?
(a) To read a poem to Aton.
(b) To exchange rings of gold.
(c) To be joined by a priest.
(d) To break a jar between the man and the woman.

5. Who is Sinuhe's first teacher, hired by his father?
(a) Hormeheb.
(b) Ptahor.
(c) Kaptah.
(d) Oneh.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Sinuhe meet at Kaptah's favorite tavern when he returns to Egypt?

2. Why does Kaptah want to go with Sinuhe into the mountain where Minea disappears?

3. How does Horemheb make money on his men after he give them their rewards?

4. What does Minea threaten to do on the boat to escape Sinuhe?

5. When the prince is crowned, what does he decree?

(see the answer key)

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