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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the priest do with the statue of Ammon?
(a) They hide the pieces under their cloaks and take it away.
(b) They wait for Horemheb to destroy the statue.
(c) They oil the statue and pray and refuse to destroy it.
(d) They destroy the statue as requested.

3. What kind of knots does the Queen Mother Taia tie?
(a) Circle knots.
(b) The knots of a fowler.
(c) Square knots.
(d) Boy Scout knots.

4. How is Aziru executed?
(a) He is shot with arrows.
(b) He is poisoned.
(c) His head is cut off with a sword.
(d) He is bitten by an asp.

5. How does Pharaoh Akhnaton die?
(a) He is killed by the people of the city.
(b) He is burned alive.
(c) He drinks poison given him by Sinuhe.
(d) He is killed by assassins.

6. 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.

7. Who approaches Horemheb after the death of Akhnaton and tries to seduce him?
(a) Nefertiti.
(b) Muti.
(c) Princess Baketaton.
(d) Merit.

8. When Sinuhe walks to the pharaoh's temple upon his return to Egypt, what does he find?
(a) The streets so full of life with lots of people about.
(b) Former slaves dresses beautifully walking to near the palace.
(c) Many to temples to Ammon.
(d) A new temple to Aton.

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

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

11. 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) My bread is your bread.
(b) This bread will multiply.
(c) This is bread for the poor, take it.
(d) This is the bread of Aton; take ye and eat of it in his name.

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

13. How do the women of Crete wear their hair?
(a) Curly and short.
(b) Cut like a boys.
(c) Flat to their heads with lots of oils.
(d) High on their head with small hats.

14. Where does the Pharaoh Akenaton go after the parade?
(a) He gets on a ship and voyages down the river.
(b) He sails out to sea.
(c) He goes to the City of the Dead.
(d) He retreats to his palace and does not go outside for three days.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do they dress Minea in just before she enters the copper gates?

2. How quickly does Akhetaton, the city, come into being?

3. Who is Minea related to?

4. Who does Princess Ankhsenaton break the jar with who will be the next king?

5. What do the people call the Queen Mother Taia?

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