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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 know that he is to assist Phator and go with him to the pharaoh?
(a) Phator tells him to assist him in the palace.
(b) Sinuhe's father tells him to assist.
(c) He gives him his ebony box to carry.
(d) Phator sees Sinuhe's ring and knows he is destined for greatness.

2. In the land of the Hittites, how are the people ruled?
(a) By the pharaoh from Egypt.
(b) They are self-governed.
(c) By princes whose power over them is absolute.
(d) By kings in each small region.

3. What does Sinuhe insist of King Aziru after he is greeted in the desert?
(a) That the man who jabbed his behind is flogged.
(b) That he is allowed to change out of the robes.
(c) That he return the gifts.
(d) That he is given a chariot to ride.

4. What does Kaptah buy with Sinuhe's money when they return to Egypt?
(a) Buildings and businesses.
(b) Slave-trading houses.
(c) A new office for his physician's practice.
(d) Jewels.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the god Ammon statue talks to Sinuhe, whose voice does Sinuhe hear?

2. After Sinuhe falls in love with Minea, what does he want her to do?

3. What is wrong with King Aziru's baby?

4. What fate awaits Minea in her homeland?

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

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