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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 15, Horemheb.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Horemheb make money on his men after he give them their rewards?
(a) He convinces them to invest in his companies.
(b) He charges for food and beds.
(c) He has them followed and steals from them.
(d) He taxes the merchants where they will spend their booty.

2. Why does Thothmes die?
(a) Because he defends the pharaoh and his god.
(b) Because he falls in the Nile and crocodiles eat him.
(c) Because he is sick.
(d) Because he loves Ammon.

3. How does Pharaoh Akhnaton die?
(a) He drinks poison given him by Sinuhe.
(b) He is killed by the people of the city.
(c) He is killed by assassins.
(d) He is burned alive.

4. What illnesses do the Syrian merchants suffer from?
(a) Sleep disorders.
(b) Brain diseases.
(c) Breathlessness and stomach troubles.
(d) Cancer.

5. What is the custom of marriage in Egypt?
(a) To break a jar between the man and the woman.
(b) To be joined by a priest.
(c) To exchange rings of gold.
(d) To read a poem to Aton.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days does Sinuhe serve in the House of Death?

2. When Kaptah and Sinuhe get to the opening in the cave where the sea enters, what do they find?

3. What is ailing the king of Babylon?

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

5. What do the people call the Queen Mother Taia?

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