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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 does Minea know that she must return to the land of Crete?
(a) When she dances with with bulls.
(b) When she falls in love with Sinuhe.
(c) When she sees a ship from Crete.
(d) When she hears the sea gods calling.

2. How long has Sinuhe been in exile at the beginning of the novel?
(a) 15 years.
(b) Three months.
(c) 2,000 years.
(d) Three years.

3. What does everyone know about the opening of the pharaoh's skull?
(a) That the pharaoh will live.
(b) That is ensures the pharaoh's place in the heavens.
(c) That the pharaoh's brain must be studied.
(d) That no pharaoh has ever lived after the opening of the skull.

4. How does Sinuhe get to the City of the Dead when he has no money?
(a) He asks for a ride from a boat owner.
(b) He steals a reed boat.
(c) He stows away on a boat.
(d) Kaptah steals a reed boat.

5. How is status determined in the land of the Hittites?
(a) By beauty.
(b) By wealth.
(c) By their proficiency in battle.
(d) By the decree of the king.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes upon Amenhotep and Sinuhe in the desert?

2. What is on the roof at the inn where Sinuhe stays in Babylon?

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

4. Who is Horemheb in love with?

5. To get off the boat, what does Kaptah suggest he, Sinuhe, and Minea pretend to be?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. Why does Sinuhe feel that Mitanni is doomed? Where is Mitanni in relation to other countries? Why does this mean extinction for these people?

4. When Sinuhe enters the House of Life to study, what advise does he take to heart? How does this decision affect his relationships with his classmates and teachers? Is it the right way to behave or did this hurt him in the long run?

5. Sinuhe meets a man in the City of Dead when he buries his parents. What is this man's story a moral for in the story? What lesson does this impart to Sinuhe or to the reader? What message is the author trying to tell?

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

7. 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?

8. What is the scarab to Kaptah? What is the scarab to Sinuhe? How do the two belief systems differ? How does Kaptah anoint the scarab?

9. 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?

10. Sinuhe speaks of a remedy from the Hittites that cures the body of heat. What is this remedy called today? How do you think the Hittites created this drug?

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