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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Minea threaten to do on the boat to escape Sinuhe?
(a) She threatens to sacrifice herself while dancing with the bulls.
(b) She threatens to jump overboard.
(c) She threatens to report Sinuhe to the king of Babylon.
(d) She threatens to dance.

2. After Nefernefernefer gets Sinuhe's property, what does she want from him next?
(a) His slave.
(b) His undying devotion.
(c) His father's property.
(d) The bar he owns.

3. How does Ptahor arrive at Sinuhe's house?
(a) He arrives by horse.
(b) He walks.
(c) On a chair borne by two slaves.
(d) He arrives in a chariot.

4. Why does Sinuhe take no money for his slave girl Keftiu?
(a) He wants to secure a friendship.
(b) Kaptah takes money from the king.
(c) He wants to get rid of Keftiu.
(d) He wants to visit the king is his country.

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

6. What is ailing the king of Babylon?
(a) He is drunk.
(b) His side hurts.
(c) He is unable to eat any food.
(d) His tooth is infected.

7. What does Horemheb want Sinuhe to do for him after the battle with the Khabiri?
(a) He wants him to travel and spy for him.
(b) He wants him to talk to the pharaoh for him.
(c) He want him to go away and never see him again.
(d) He wants him to return to Egypt with him.

8. After Sinuhe gives everything over to Neferrneferrnefer, what does he learn when he returns home?
(a) That he must leave Egypt.
(b) That the new pharaoh is sick.
(c) That Kaptah is dead.
(d) That his parents are dead.

9. What kind of seal does Sinuhe have made for himself in Smyrna?
(a) A cyllinder-shaped seal.
(b) A diamond-shaped seal.
(c) A seal made from a ruby.
(d) A round seal.

10. Why is the day of Sinuhe's birth unknown?
(a) He came from Smyrna.
(b) He came drifting down the Nile in a little reed boat.
(c) He came out of the woods.
(d) He was given to his parents as a gift.

11. How does Sinuhe get his medicines?
(a) He makes them.
(b) His father mixes them for him.
(c) His mother makes all the medicines.
(d) He buys them from Crete.

12. What does Sinuhe treat King Aziru for?
(a) A sinus infection.
(b) His teeth.
(c) His eyes.
(d) His stomach.

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

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

15. After the battle with Khabiri, how does Horemheb reward his men?
(a) With poems written by the pharaoh.
(b) With chains and bracelets and promotions.
(c) With the cross of life.
(d) With cash.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When does Minea know that she must return to the land of Crete?

3. What does everyone know about the opening of the pharaoh's skull?

4. When the prince is crowned, what does he decree?

5. When Sinuhe opens a man's skull in Mitanni, what does he find?

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