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

2. What does Sinuhe tell his mother and father he wants to be when he grows up?
(a) A warrior.
(b) A pharaoh.
(c) A painter.
(d) A doctor.

3. To get off the boat, what does Kaptah suggest he, Sinuhe, and Minea pretend to be?
(a) Servants.
(b) A company of performers.
(c) A group of doctors.
(d) Dancers.

4. What does Thothmes' father want Thothmes to do as an adult?
(a) Become a merchant.
(b) Become a sea captain.
(c) Become a charioteer.
(d) Become a warrior.

5. What does Sinuhe read for a stranger in the City of the Dead?
(a) An inscription on a pharaoh's tomb.
(b) A letter.
(c) The inscription on the tomb of Anukis.
(d) A boundary sign.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Sinuhe's first teacher, hired by his father?

2. What does Sinuhe transport Kaptah in to get him to the boat to escape Babylon?

3. Where are people buried near Thebes?

4. What gift does Nefernefernefer give to Sinuhe when they first meet?

5. How does Sinuhe know that he is to assist Phator and go with him to the pharaoh?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Babylon, the astrologers know the heavenly bodies. What does this tell us about the people of Babylon? Is this advanced science for the time? Why? Why not? How will this knowledge affect the gods that they worship?

2. By his description of his servant, Keftiu, Sinuhe's opinion of women comes to light. What does he think of Keftiu? What does this tell the reader about his opinion of women in general?

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. 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?

6. 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?

7. 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?

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. What does Minea bring to Sinuhe? What does she restore in his life? Why is she an important character to his life and to his healing?

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

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