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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What talent does Thothmes have?
(a) He can sing.
(b) He can read.
(c) He writes music.
(d) He can draw and sculpt.

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

4. When Minea wakes on the boat after her escape from Babylon, why is she angry at Sinuhe?
(a) She wants to go straight home.
(b) She is filthy and smells of blood.
(c) She didn't want to leave Babylon.
(d) She thinks Sinuhe tricked her.

5. Who is Sinuhe's first teacher, hired by his father?
(a) Oneh.
(b) Hormeheb.
(c) Ptahor.
(d) Kaptah.

6. What god does the young heir call upon to bless his father at the opening of his skull?
(a) The god Moses.
(b) The god Horus.
(c) The god Aton.
(d) The god Ammon.

7. What happens to the false king at the end of the Day of the False King?
(a) He is killed.
(b) He becomes a servant.
(c) He remains king.
(d) He co-rules the country.

8. How many men and boys are in Sinuhe's class at the House of Life?
(a) 60.
(b) 25.
(c) 5.
(d) 30.

9. What does Sinuhe do with his gold before he travels on a ship to Smyrna?
(a) Exchanges it for clay tablets.
(b) He trades it for goods for his travels.
(c) He gives the money to the captain.
(d) He gives it to Kaptah to buy supplies.

10. Where are people buried near Thebes?
(a) By the Temple of Death.
(b) In the slave quarter of the city.
(c) The City of the Dead.
(d) In the reeds near the river.

11. How many years has the King reigned in Hatti?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 50 years.
(c) 28 years.
(d) 5 years.

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

13. Who is Horemheb in love with?
(a) Queen Taia.
(b) Nefertiti.
(c) Kipa.
(d) Baketamon.

14. Where does Sinuhe bury his parents?
(a) In a pauper's cemetary.
(b) Near the entrance of a royal tomb.
(c) Near the temple of Ammon.
(d) In the desert.

15. What, according to Sinuhe's father, is the most important thing for a young man to learn if he wants to be leader among his people?
(a) To know the royal family.
(b) To write.
(c) To know how to open a skull.
(d) To speak well.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Amenhotep in the desert with Sinuhe?

2. After Sinuhe gives everything over to Neferrneferrnefer, what does he learn when he returns home?

3. What gift does Nefernefernefer give to Sinuhe when they first meet?

4. What does Sinuhe tell his mother and father he wants to be when he grows up?

5. What trick does Sinuhe perform for the young king of Babylon?

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