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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. What color are Nefernefernefer's eyes?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) Gray.
(d) Brown.

2. Who becomes the wife to the new pharaoh?
(a) Nefernefernefer.
(b) Baketamon.
(c) Nefertiti, the daughter of Eie.
(d) Queen Taia.

3. How does Horemheb make money on his men after he give them their rewards?
(a) He has them followed and steals from them.
(b) He charges for food and beds.
(c) He convinces them to invest in his companies.
(d) He taxes the merchants where they will spend their booty.

4. Who is Sinuhe's first teacher, hired by his father?
(a) Ptahor.
(b) Hormeheb.
(c) Oneh.
(d) Kaptah.

5. After Sinuhe falls in love with Minea, what does he want her to do?
(a) Return to her home so they can be married.
(b) Renounce her god.
(c) Return to Babylon.
(d) Go the Smyrna.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How is life different for a physician in Syria compared to Egypt?

3. How long does it take Sinuhe to pass his examination to enter the House of Life?

4. How do the Syrian wives dress?

5. What kind of houses do the people of Babylon live in?

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. 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?

3. 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?

4. 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?

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

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

7. 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?

8. 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?

9. 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?

10. 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?

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