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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. Who becomes the wife to the new pharaoh?
(a) Queen Taia.
(b) Nefernefernefer.
(c) Baketamon.
(d) Nefertiti, the daughter of Eie.

2. Who does Sinuhe meet at Kaptah's favorite tavern when he returns to Egypt?
(a) Nefernefernefer.
(b) Merit.
(c) Minea.
(d) The pharaoh.

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

4. How does Sinuhe describe his life in Akhetaton?
(a) Like the sun rising every morning.
(b) Like a bird floating on the air.
(c) Like the desert, lost in time.
(d) Like a lovely, fading song.

5. Who does Kaptah hire as a servant when the men return to Egypt?
(a) Merit.
(b) Muti.
(c) Thothmes.
(d) Nefernefernefer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the warriors do to get control of the crowds in Thebes, but not to shed blood?

2. Who paints the paintings that decorate Sinuhe's office?

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

4. What is ailing the king of Babylon?

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

(see the answer key)

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