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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sinuhe find odd about the city of Crete?
(a) There is a beautiful seaport.
(b) There are no fortifications.
(c) The buildings are all painted in wild colors.
(d) All the people dress poorly.

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

3. How does Sinuhe describe his life in Akhetaton?
(a) Like a lovely, fading song.
(b) Like a bird floating on the air.
(c) Like the desert, lost in time.
(d) Like the sun rising every morning.

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

5. Why does Kaptah want to go with Sinuhe into the mountain where Minea disappears?
(a) He is curious to see where Minea has gone.
(b) He is not afraid of death.
(c) Because he is Sinuhe's friend and believes the sacred scarab will protect him.
(d) He thinks if Sinuhe dies, he will not be able to get off the island.

6. What have the Hittites done with the jars sold to them by the merchants of Egypt?
(a) The use them as weapons, cutting people with them.
(b) They are preserving fish in salt and water.
(c) They have brought water into the desert so they can survive there for quite a while.
(d) They hang them in the sun in honor of Aton.

7. How does MInea dance in the competition once she reaches Crete?
(a) She dances better than anyone else.
(b) She dances happily.
(c) She appears out of practice.
(d) She dances dangerously.

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

9. When Sinuhe sees Horemheb at his return to Egypt, what does Horemheb tell Sinuhe about what is to happen the next day?
(a) Aton is to be deposed.
(b) War with Syria will begin.
(c) War with the Hittites will begin.
(d) Ammon is to be deposed.

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

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

12. 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 their battalion.
(c) To identify Aziru's troops in the battle groups.
(d) To identify them at Hittites.

13. When Sinuhe returns to Thebes the first time from Akhetaton, who has Kaptah lent money to?
(a) Merit.
(b) Horemheb.
(c) Muti.
(d) Himself.

14. What happens when Pharaoh Akenaton parades in public?
(a) Everyone applaudes.
(b) Chaos errupts and Horemheb has to come in and get control of the crowd.
(c) The crowd in angered by Nefretiti's dress.
(d) The crowd sings songs to Aton.

15. When Horemheb faces the Hittites the first time in the holy war, what will happen if the Hittites defeat Horemheb's troops?
(a) They will be able to attack Babylon.
(b) They will win the war entirely.
(c) They will be able to get to the sea.
(d) They will be able to attack Egypt.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What do the Hittites bring as a gift to the young Tut that goes with him to his tomb?

4. What is the custom of marriage in Egypt?

5. What would Horemheb not allow Aziru to see before his execution?

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