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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. When returning to Egypt, where does Sinuhe wish to buy a house?
(a) In the harbor area.
(b) Near the temple to Aton.
(c) In the poor quarter, near his father's home.
(d) Near the royal palace.

2. What gift does Nefernefernefer give to Sinuhe when they first meet?
(a) A piece of gold.
(b) A precious stone.
(c) A ring.
(d) The cross of life.

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

4. What does Kaptah use to find his way back to the opening of the cave?
(a) A spool of thread.
(b) He draws on the wall of the cave.
(c) A string.
(d) He drops rocks.

5. What animal do the people of Babylon have that Sinuhe has never seen before?
(a) A camel.
(b) A hen.
(c) A horse.
(d) A bull.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is status determined in the land of the Hittites?

2. What happens in the city of Thebes when the pharaoh dies?

3. What do they dress Minea in just before she enters the copper gates?

4. Why is the day of Sinuhe's birth unknown?

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

(see the answer key)

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