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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 speak well.
(b) To write.
(c) To know the royal family.
(d) To know how to open a skull.

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

3. How does Sinuhe get to the City of the Dead when he has no money?
(a) He stows away on a boat.
(b) Kaptah steals a reed boat.
(c) He steals a reed boat.
(d) He asks for a ride from a boat owner.

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

5. What shape is the god of the new pharaoh?
(a) Square.
(b) Round, like the sun's disk.
(c) Oval, like the sun rising.
(d) Triangle like the pyramids.

6. When the prince is crowned, what does he decree?
(a) That the town of Thebes will have no more liquor.
(b) That the slaves are freed from the mines.
(c) That slaves will be given new jobs.
(d) That all children will be able to read.

7. When Sinuhe finds his old friend Thothmes, what is he doing for a living?
(a) Working for Nefernefernefer.
(b) Working for Semnut, Sinuhe's father.
(c) Making picture books for rich men's children.
(d) Painting in the royal court.

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

9. What does Sinuhe read for a stranger in the City of the Dead?
(a) A letter.
(b) The inscription on the tomb of Anukis.
(c) A boundary sign.
(d) An inscription on a pharaoh's tomb.

10. In the House of Death what is the job of Ramose?
(a) To weigh the heart.
(b) To embalm the body.
(c) To study the brain.
(d) To remove the brain.

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

12. When Sinuhe admits to the priest that the god Ammon did not speak to him, what do the priests and his classmates do?
(a) They laugh at him.
(b) They kick him out of class.
(c) Sinuhe flunks his year of study and must repeat it.
(d) Sinuhe is shipped down the Nile.

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

14. What does everyone know about the opening of the pharaoh's skull?
(a) That no pharaoh has ever lived after the opening of the skull.
(b) That the pharaoh will live.
(c) That is ensures the pharaoh's place in the heavens.
(d) That the pharaoh's brain must be studied.

15. Who played with Amenhotep like a sister when they were children?
(a) Thothmes.
(b) Baketamon.
(c) Sinuhe.
(d) Nefertiti

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sinuhe treat King Aziru for?

2. What god does the young heir call upon to bless his father at the opening of his skull?

3. What does Horemheb want Sinuhe to do for him after the battle with the Khabiri?

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

5. Who paints the paintings that decorate Sinuhe's office?

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