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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What, according to the prince, Amenhotep, is an abomination to Aton?
(a) Taxes.
(b) Blood.
(c) The Nile.
(d) His son.
2. 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.
3. Who is the king of Babylon?
(a) Pharaoh Ahknaton.
(b) Horemheb.
(c) King Aziru.
(d) King Burnaburiash.
4. What is on the roof at the inn where Sinuhe stays in Babylon?
(a) Beautiful gardens.
(b) Shingles.
(c) Terra cotta covers.
(d) A statue to Aton.
5. How does Sinuhe get to the City of the Dead when he has no money?
(a) He stows away on a boat.
(b) He steals a reed boat.
(c) Kaptah steals a reed boat.
(d) He asks for a ride from a boat owner.
6. What does Sinuhe read for a stranger in the City of the Dead?
(a) A boundary sign.
(b) The inscription on the tomb of Anukis.
(c) A letter.
(d) An inscription on a pharaoh's tomb.
7. What fate awaits Minea in her homeland?
(a) She is to be married to a man chosen for her.
(b) She will return to be a servant for the royal family.
(c) She will be queen of the sea.
(d) Her lot has alrealdy fallen, and she must be sacrificed to her god.
8. Who is in the pharaoh's bedroom when Ptahor and Sinuhe arrive to open the skull?
(a) The priest Eie.
(b) The royal consort Taia only.
(c) The royal consort Taia, Amenhotep, and Baketamon.
(d) Amenhotel, the heir only.
9. How many days does Sinuhe serve in the House of Death?
(a) 70.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 30.
10. Who is Sinuhe's first teacher, hired by his father?
(a) Hormeheb.
(b) Ptahor.
(c) Oneh.
(d) Kaptah.
11. 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 Kaptah is dead.
(d) That he must leave Egypt.
12. Who is Horemheb in love with?
(a) Queen Taia.
(b) Kipa.
(c) Nefertiti.
(d) Baketamon.
13. When Sinuhe turns seven to what event does his mother take him?
(a) A sacrifice.
(b) The theater.
(c) The Nile.
(d) The House of Death.
14. How is life different for a physician in Syria compared to Egypt?
(a) The physician must seek out patients instead of them coming to him.
(b) A physician get paid monthly.
(c) A physician does not treat poor people.
(d) A physician must be documented by the king.
15. Why does Sinuhe take no money for his slave girl Keftiu?
(a) He wants to secure a friendship.
(b) He wants to visit the king is his country.
(c) Kaptah takes money from the king.
(d) He wants to get rid of Keftiu.
Short Answer Questions
1. How are the children of Mitanni described by Sinuhe?
2. The morning after Sinuhe and Minea have slept on the boat escaping from Babylon, what is the noise they hear?
3. How long does it take Sinuhe to pass his examination to enter the House of Life?
4. After Sinuhe falls in love with Minea, what does he want her to do?
5. How is status determined in the land of the Hittites?
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