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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 is wrong with King Aziru's baby?
(a) It has turned eye.
(b) It is dying.
(c) It is cutting its first tooth.
(d) It has a stomach ache.

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

3. Where does the Pharaoh Akenaton go after the parade?
(a) He gets on a ship and voyages down the river.
(b) He sails out to sea.
(c) He goes to the City of the Dead.
(d) He retreats to his palace and does not go outside for three days.

4. To get off the boat, what does Kaptah suggest he, Sinuhe, and Minea pretend to be?
(a) A group of doctors.
(b) Dancers.
(c) A company of performers.
(d) Servants.

5. What, according to Sinuhe's father, is the most important thing for a young man to learn if he wants to be leader among his people?
(a) To speak well.
(b) To know how to open a skull.
(c) To know the royal family.
(d) To write.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Minea wakes on the boat after her escape from Babylon, why is she angry at Sinuhe?

2. What is on the roof at the inn where Sinuhe stays in Babylon?

3. Who comes upon Amenhotep and Sinuhe in the desert?

4. How does Sinuhe describe his life in Akhetaton?

5. What shape is the god of the new pharaoh?

(see the answer key)

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