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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the one thing that Sinuhe cannot give away in his negotiations with King Aziru?
(a) Kem.
(b) Gaza.
(c) Mitanni.
(d) Babylon.

2. What does Sinuhe insist of King Aziru after he is greeted in the desert?
(a) That he is given a chariot to ride.
(b) That the man who jabbed his behind is flogged.
(c) That he return the gifts.
(d) That he is allowed to change out of the robes.

3. Who is Minea related to?
(a) The ship captain.
(b) Servants.
(c) Minotauros.
(d) Minos.

4. Who does Roju order the execution of in Gaza?
(a) A servant.
(b) The store clerk.
(c) A spy.
(d) The tower guard.

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

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

7. How does Sinuhe get his revenge with Nefernefernefer?
(a) He publically denounces her.
(b) He kills her.
(c) He tries to drown her in the river.
(d) He takes her to the House of Death and gives her to the emblamers.

8. After Sinuhe returns to Thebes the first time from Akhetaton, how does Kaptah pay for their dinner together?
(a) He pays with clay tablets.
(b) He charges it to his expense account.
(c) He pays with silver.
(d) He pays with gold.

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

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

11. Who does Sinuhe meet at Kaptah's favorite tavern when he returns to Egypt?
(a) The pharaoh.
(b) Nefernefernefer.
(c) Minea.
(d) Merit.

12. What does Horemheb want his men to shoot at as the attacking forces draw near?
(a) The horses.
(b) The men.
(c) The chariots.
(d) The guards.

13. After the death of Akhnaton, how is the new pharaoh received by the people?
(a) They are afraid.
(b) They are quiet.
(c) They sing songs of Aton.
(d) They are jubilant.

14. What does Sinuhe think when the Hittites come to visit Ahknetaton?
(a) That they want the cross of life.
(b) That they smell of corpses.
(c) That they are honest in their negotiations.
(d) That they are interested in the new god.

15. When Sinuhe and Kaptah return to Smyrna after they return from Crete, how do their neighbors react?
(a) They bring food for the Egyptians.
(b) They are happy to return as patients.
(c) They are not pleased to see the Egyptians.
(d) They are happy to see the Egyptians.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gift does Horemheb give to Roju?

2. What does Merit tell Sinuhe happened to the mother of Thoth?

3. What does Sinuhe do on a return to Thebes to show that he is equal to the rowers?

4. When Sinuhe sees Horemheb at his return to Egypt, what does Horemheb tell Sinuhe about what is to happen the next day?

5. What happens when Pharaoh Akenaton parades in public?

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