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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When returning to Egypt, where does Sinuhe wish to buy a house?
(a) Near the temple to Aton.
(b) In the poor quarter, near his father's home.
(c) In the harbor area.
(d) Near the royal palace.

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

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

4. What gift does Horemheb give to Roju?
(a) A wrist band made of silver.
(b) A chain of green precious stones set in gold and enamel and a golden whip.
(c) A crown made of silver and gold.
(d) A ring made of a large ruby.

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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.

11. When Horemheb and Eie strike a deal to co-rule the country, what does Horemheb want as part of the deal?
(a) Food, gold, and supplies to defend the country and a salary.
(b) Lower Egypt to rule as he pleases.
(c) Nefretit as his wife.
(d) The Princess Baketaton as his wife.

12. What happens to the land of Mitanni in the end?
(a) It conquers the Hittites.
(b) It thrives after the Hittites invade.
(c) They are invaded and wiped out by the Hittites.
(d) It is absorbed into Babylon.

13. Who is the sculptor in Akhetaton who builds all the statues and artwork for the city?
(a) Ptahor.
(b) Merit.
(c) Thothmes.
(d) Muti.

14. Who does Kaptah hire as a servant when the men return to Egypt?
(a) Merit.
(b) Thothmes.
(c) Nefernefernefer.
(d) Muti.

15. What errand does the Pharaoh Ahknaton send Sinuhe on in the name of peace?
(a) To spy on Eie.
(b) To talk to Horemheb and get him to stop shedding blood.
(c) To follow Nefretiti.
(d) To visit his friend Aziru and negotiate a treaty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thothmes ask his students to do as they learn?

2. What does Kaptah use to find his way back to the opening of the cave?

3. When Sinuhe and Kaptah return to Smyrna after they return from Crete, how do their neighbors react?

4. Why does Thothmes die?

5. When Horemheb faces the Hittites the first time in the holy war, what will happen if the Hittites defeat Horemheb's troops?

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