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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How do the Syrian wives dress?
(a) Very little clothing.
(b) They always wear decorative hats.
(c) They are covered from head to foot.
(d) Brightly colored fabrics.

5. Who does Nefernefernefer ask for the first time she meets Sinuhe?
(a) Sinuhe's father.
(b) The priest.
(c) Ptahor.
(d) Metufer, a classmate.

6. Why is the city of Hattushash unknown to outsiders?
(a) It is a secret holy city.
(b) The city is low in a valley and cannot be found.
(c) It is a city where only the gods dwell.
(d) Because the king has closed it to foreigners.

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

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

9. When the prince is crowned, who is his royal consort?
(a) The Queen Taia.
(b) The Princess of Mitanni, who still playes with dolls.
(c) Baketamon.
(d) Priest Eie.

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

11. Who comes upon Amenhotep and Sinuhe in the desert?
(a) The pharaoh.
(b) Nefernefernefer.
(c) Sinuhe's father.
(d) Horemheb.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the new pharaoh bother Horemheb?

2. When Sinuhe finds his old friend Thothmes, what is he doing for a living?

3. What, according to the prince, Amenhotep, is an abomination to Aton?

4. When Sinuhe turns seven to what event does his mother take him?

5. When Minea wakes on the boat after her escape from Babylon, why is she angry at Sinuhe?

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