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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Sinuhe request that bread be baked for the poor, what phrase does he want said to them as the bread is passed out?
(a) This is bread for the poor, take it.
(b) This is the bread of Aton; take ye and eat of it in his name.
(c) This bread will multiply.
(d) My bread is your bread.

2. How has Aziru's seven-year-old son shown that he will be a great warrior?
(a) He can sword fight with grown men.
(b) He has already slit the belly of a slave who insulted him and has gone into battle with his father,
(c) He practices his weapon skills daily.
(d) He killed a man who attacked him.

3. When Horemheb returns to Egypt, who does he put in charge of the troops?
(a) Kaptah.
(b) Pepitamon.
(c) The pharaoh.
(d) Sinuhe.

4. What has Kaptah always wanted to do with his life?
(a) Be a merchant.
(b) Be a warrior.
(c) Be an innkeeper.
(d) Be a servant.

5. When told of neighboring countries preparing for war against Egypt, what does the Pharaoh Akenaton say he has given to the other kings that will make them happy?
(a) Titles.
(b) The land of Ammon.
(c) Gold.
(d) The cross of life.

6. When the Crocodile's Tail is attacked, what happens to Merit and Thoth?
(a) They are chased through the streets and finally killed.
(b) They escape to Sinuhe's house, where they are killed.
(c) They escape and leave the country.
(d) They are killed.

7. What does Sinuhe do on a return to Thebes to show that he is equal to the rowers?
(a) He cooks for them.
(b) He rows the boat with the rowers for several days.
(c) He refuses to beat them with a whip.
(d) He shares his gold.

8. What will Kaptah NOT buy with Sinuhe's money?
(a) A slave-trading house.
(b) Jewels.
(c) Buildings and businesses.
(d) A new office for his physician's practice.

9. What does Minotauros wear on his head?
(a) A crown.
(b) His hair piled very high.
(c) The golden head of a bull.
(d) A small hat.

10. What do the Hitites use spears and flags for in the holy war?
(a) To identify them at Hittites.
(b) To identify Aziru's troops in the battle groups.
(c) To mark the weakest points in the defenses.
(d) To identify their battalion.

11. What would Horemheb not allow Aziru to see before his execution?
(a) Sinuhe.
(b) The Hittites.
(c) Kaptah.
(d) His wife and children.

12. What does Kaptah negotiate with Horemheb to win back his wealth after the holy war?
(a) The sole right to buy and sell all war plunder in Syria.
(b) The rights to any property in Crete.
(c) The sole rights to any grain in Babylon.
(d) The right to gamble with his warriors.

13. What do the Hittites bring as a gift to the young Tut that goes with him to his tomb?
(a) A necklace made of shells.
(b) A crowns of gold and jewels.
(c) A knife of blue metal.
(d) A blue hippopatumus.

14. What is wrong with King Aziru's baby?
(a) It is cutting its first tooth.
(b) It has turned eye.
(c) It has a stomach ache.
(d) It is dying.

15. What do the people call the Queen Mother Taia?
(a) The silver swan.
(b) The mistress of Eie.
(c) The black witch.
(d) The pharaoh.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why, at first, is is said that the people in the Lower Kingdom are requesting jars?

2. What does Aziru's son do when his father is attacked by assassins?

3. How does MInea dance in the competition once she reaches Crete?

4. Who does Sinuhe find held prisoner in Gaza?

5. What does the Pharaoh Ahknaton think about hate?

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