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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 Sinuhe's favorite toy as a child?
(a) A wooden crocodile.
(b) A reed boat.
(c) A cane.
(d) Glass marbles.

2. What does Sinuhe find odd about the city of Crete?
(a) There is a beautiful seaport.
(b) There are no fortifications.
(c) All the people dress poorly.
(d) The buildings are all painted in wild colors.

3. When Sinuhe sees Horemheb at his return to Egypt, what does Horemheb tell Sinuhe about what is to happen the next day?
(a) War with Syria will begin.
(b) Aton is to be deposed.
(c) Ammon is to be deposed.
(d) War with the Hittites will begin.

4. How does Ptahor arrive at Sinuhe's house?
(a) On a chair borne by two slaves.
(b) He walks.
(c) He arrives by horse.
(d) He arrives in a chariot.

5. Who rules after Pharaoh Amenhotep III's death?
(a) Ptahor.
(b) The Queen Mother.
(c) Baketamon.
(d) Sinuhe.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Thothmes ask his students to do as they learn?

3. How does Sinuhe describe his life in Akhetaton?

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

5. What kind of knots does the Queen Mother Taia tie?

(see the answer key)

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