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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. How are the children of Mitanni described by Sinuhe?
(a) Like cherubs.
(b) Like angels.
(c) Not very pretty.
(d) Like dolls.

2. Why is the city of Hattushash unknown to outsiders?
(a) The city is low in a valley and cannot be found.
(b) It is a city where only the gods dwell.
(c) Because the king has closed it to foreigners.
(d) It is a secret holy city.

3. What, according to the prince, Amenhotep, is an abomination to Aton?
(a) His son.
(b) Blood.
(c) The Nile.
(d) Taxes.

4. What kind of seal does Sinuhe have made for himself in Smyrna?
(a) A seal made from a ruby.
(b) A cyllinder-shaped seal.
(c) A diamond-shaped seal.
(d) A round seal.

5. What present does Ptahor send to Kipa the day after he leaves her house?
(a) A sacred scarab carved from a precious stone.
(b) A precious ring.
(c) A necklace of pearls.
(d) A thank-you note.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sinuhe tell his mother and father he wants to be when he grows up?

2. When Sinuhe admits to the priest that the god Ammon did not speak to him, what do the priests and his classmates do?

3. Other than Ptahor, whom does Sinuhe's father ask to dinner?

4. Who does Nefernefernefer ask for the first time she meets Sinuhe?

5. What does Sinuhe treat King Aziru for?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What message do Sinuhe's parents leave behind for him? How does this make him feel? How do his parents die? Why do they do this?

3. 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?

4. When Sinuhe opens a skull and finds that the "disease had laid its egg" what does he mean by that? What is the egg inside the man's head? What does Sinuhe do with it? How does he repair the opening? What is significant about the fact that the man falls from a wall three days later and breaks his neck and dies? What is that supposed to symbolize?

5. How does Sinuhe feel when the priest gives voice to the statue of Ammon? How does this affect his belief system? What do you think Sinuhe will think later on about religion?

6. Why does Senmut take Sinuhe to meet Inteb, the warrior? What lesson does Senmut want Sinuhe to leave with?

7. What are the two truths of the young prince and Horemheb? How are they in conflict from the beginning? How does Horemheb argue with the sickly young prince about his truth when he first meets him? What does Horemheb fear of the future?

8. 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?

9. When Minea, Kaptah and Sinuhe are traveling pretending to be performers, Sinuhe continues to cure the sick. Why does he do this? Cannot this lead to discovery of who they are? Is this dangerous? Why would he do this and put all their lives in danger?

10. When Ptahor is opening the skull of the pharaoh, the young prince steps forward and speaks of a blessing from the god Aton. How does Ptahor react to this? Why does he react as he does?

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