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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Sinuhe admits to the priest that the god Ammon did not speak to him, what do the priests and his classmates do?
(a) Sinuhe is shipped down the Nile.
(b) They laugh at him.
(c) They kick him out of class.
(d) Sinuhe flunks his year of study and must repeat it.

2. What is significant about the slave that Sinuhe buys?
(a) He speaks Greek.
(b) He is quite bright.
(c) He has one eye.
(d) He knows Sinuhe's father.

3. How many years has the King reigned in Hatti?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 50 years.
(c) 28 years.
(d) 30 years.

4. Who is Horemheb in love with?
(a) Kipa.
(b) Queen Taia.
(c) Nefertiti.
(d) Baketamon.

5. What happens to the false king at the end of the Day of the False King?
(a) He is killed.
(b) He co-rules the country.
(c) He remains king.
(d) He becomes a servant.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the god Ammon statue talks to Sinuhe, whose voice does Sinuhe hear?

2. When Sinuhe finds his old friend Thothmes, what is he doing for a living?

3. What does Sinuhe do with the scarab that he finds?

4. After Sinuhe gives everything over to Neferrneferrnefer, what does he learn when he returns home?

5. When Minea wakes on the boat after her escape from Babylon, why is she angry at Sinuhe?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Sinuhe and Kaptah arrive in Babylon, Kaptah wants Sinuhe to announce his presence to the other physicians in a certain way. How does he want Sinuhe to announce that he is in Babylonia? Why? Why is this important to their relationships with others? Is this political correctness for the time? Why?

2. When Sinuhe says that a man who knows the Babylonian language can be understood throughout the world, what does this say about Babylon? If Egypt is the most powerful land on earth, then why would the Egyptian language be the most important language? What does this say about politics of the time?

3. What is important about being able to read more than one Egyptian character at a time? How does this make the reader different in the eyes of others?

4. Why does Horemheb want Sinuhe to be his spy? What does Sinuhe have to offer that others cannot? What does Sinuhe have to gain from this experience? Will this affect Sinuhe's life if and when he returns to Egypt? Why? Why not?

5. Why do Kipa and Senmut tell their neighbors that Kipa gave birth to Sinuhe? Why does Senmut register Sinuhe in the book of births? What will this do for Sinuhe later in life? What difference will this make in his life?

6. On the night that Ammon is supposed to appear before the students in the House of Life, what happens to Sinuhe? What does he do that is different from his classmates? Why does he tell the truth to the priest in the morning? What does this say about his basic character?

7. How does Sinuhe defend the young prince to Horemheb? What does Sinuhe think of the young prince's beliefs? Do you think he is affected in this way because of his experiences in the House of Life? Why? Why not?

8. Explain how embalming works int he House of Death. What do the priest tell people who bring their loved ones for preparation for burial? What do they actually do? How does Sinuhe view this?

9. Explain the process that Sinuhe is taught in school about life after death. Who is Osiris? Who is the Devourer? What does the Devourer look like? Who is the Backward-Gazer? Why is this important knowledge for the average Egyptian?

10. As the novel progresses, Kaptah begins to refer to the property of Sinuhe as "our" as in "our" house, "our" scarab and even "our" gold. What does this indicate to the reader? Does Sinuhe seem aware of these changes? If he does, does he care? Why? Why not? What does this say about their relationship?

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