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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) Small adobe huts.
(b) Stone structures.
(c) Townhouses, four or five stories high.
(d) Wooden structures.

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

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

4. How long has Sinuhe been in exile at the beginning of the novel?
(a) 2,000 years.
(b) Three years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) Three months.

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

6. What is Sinuhe's favorite toy as a child?
(a) A reed boat.
(b) A cane.
(c) A wooden crocodile.
(d) Glass marbles.

7. What is significant about the slave that Sinuhe buys?
(a) He knows Sinuhe's father.
(b) He is quite bright.
(c) He speaks Greek.
(d) He has one eye.

8. What happens to Amenhotep in the desert with Sinuhe?
(a) He gets drunk.
(b) He steals from a crypt.
(c) He cries.
(d) He has a seizure.

9. What does Thothmes' father want Thothmes to do as an adult?
(a) Become a merchant.
(b) Become a warrior.
(c) Become a sea captain.
(d) Become a charioteer.

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

11. Why does the new pharaoh bother Horemheb?
(a) The pharaoh wants Horemheb to stay with him all the time.
(b) The pharaoh wants to go to war.
(c) The pharaoh writes poetry that he wants Horemheb to memorize.
(d) The pharaoh thinks deeply and talks of a new god.

12. How is status determined in the land of the Hittites?
(a) By their proficiency in battle.
(b) By wealth.
(c) By beauty.
(d) By the decree of the king.

13. What, according to the prince, Amenhotep, is an abomination to Aton?
(a) His son.
(b) Taxes.
(c) The Nile.
(d) Blood.

14. 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 his parents are dead.
(d) That Kaptah is dead.

15. What does the Syrian merchant bring Nefernefernefer?
(a) A crown of gold.
(b) A necklace of pearls.
(c) A jewel from the royal tomb.
(d) Earrings for Syria.

Short Answer Questions

1. What talent does Thothmes have?

2. 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?

3. Who rules after Pharaoh Amenhotep III's death?

4. What does Sinuhe do with his gold before he travels on a ship to Smyrna?

5. Why will Minea not board the second vessel bound for Crete from Hatti?

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