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

2. How many days does Sinuhe serve in the House of Death?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 30.
(d) 70.

3. How long has Sinuhe been in exile at the beginning of the novel?
(a) 15 years.
(b) Three years.
(c) Three months.
(d) 2,000 years.

4. Who paints the paintings that decorate Sinuhe's office?
(a) Ptahor.
(b) Kaptah.
(c) Kipa.
(d) Thothmes.

5. What do they dress Minea in just before she enters the copper gates?
(a) She is nude.
(b) In a long white dress with a small hat on her head.
(c) In colorful robes with her hair piles high on her head.
(d) In a simple robe with her hair in a silver net.

Short Answer Questions

1. When returning to Egypt, where does Sinuhe wish to buy a house?

2. Who is the sculptor in Akhetaton who builds all the statues and artwork for the city?

3. When Sinuhe admits to the priest that the god Ammon did not speak to him, what do the priests and his classmates do?

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

5. What has Kaptah always wanted to do with his life?

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