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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Sinuhe opens a man's skull in Mitanni, what does he find?
(a) Splinters in his brain.
(b) A tumor.
(c) Bruises.
(d) Blood.

3. In the land of the Hittites, how are the people ruled?
(a) By princes whose power over them is absolute.
(b) They are self-governed.
(c) By kings in each small region.
(d) By the pharaoh from Egypt.

4. Who is in the pharaoh's bedroom when Ptahor and Sinuhe arrive to open the skull?
(a) The royal consort Taia only.
(b) Amenhotel, the heir only.
(c) The priest Eie.
(d) The royal consort Taia, Amenhotep, and Baketamon.

5. What does Sinuhe do with the scarab that he finds?
(a) He leaves it on his mother's grave.
(b) He gives it to Kaptah as a god.
(c) He gives it to Nefernefernefer.
(d) He gives it to the stranger.

6. What does Sinuhe tell his mother and father he wants to be when he grows up?
(a) A painter.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A pharaoh.
(d) A warrior.

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

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

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

10. 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 taxes the merchants where they will spend their booty.
(c) He has them followed and steals from them.
(d) He charges for food and beds.

11. Who is the king of Babylon?
(a) Pharaoh Ahknaton.
(b) King Aziru.
(c) Horemheb.
(d) King Burnaburiash.

12. Why will Minea not board the second vessel bound for Crete from Hatti?
(a) The master of the vessel has evil eyes.
(b) The master of the vessel stared at her.
(c) The vessel is cursed.
(d) The vessel looks unsafe.

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

14. Who becomes the wife to the new pharaoh?
(a) Nefernefernefer.
(b) Queen Taia.
(c) Nefertiti, the daughter of Eie.
(d) Baketamon.

15. What trick does Sinuhe perform for the young king of Babylon?
(a) He opens a skull for the king to see.
(b) He shows him a human brain.
(c) He changes water into wine.
(d) He changes water into blood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the false king at the end of the Day of the False King?

2. Who is Horemheb in love with?

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

4. What is ailing the king of Babylon?

5. How are the children of Mitanni described by Sinuhe?

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