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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 do people say about Nefertiti?
(a) That she thinks only of her clothes and her indecent fashions.
(b) That she is not faithful to the pharaoh.
(c) That she is not as beautiful in person as people say.
(d) The she is the pharaoh's real sister.

2. Why does Kaptah want to go with Sinuhe into the mountain where Minea disappears?
(a) He thinks if Sinuhe dies, he will not be able to get off the island.
(b) He is curious to see where Minea has gone.
(c) Because he is Sinuhe's friend and believes the sacred scarab will protect him.
(d) He is not afraid of death.

3. Why is is important for Kaptah and Sinuhe to get aboard the ship that is leaving Crete after the death of Minea?
(a) Horemheb is on the ship.
(b) It is the last ship to sail before winter.
(c) It sails directly to Egypt.
(d) It is a ship blessed by the god Aton.

4. What does Horemheb think is the cornerstone of the holy war?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Crete.
(c) Memphis.
(d) Gaza.

5. What does Minotauros wear on his head?
(a) The golden head of a bull.
(b) A small hat.
(c) His hair piled very high.
(d) A crown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of knots does the Queen Mother Taia tie?

2. Who is crowned pharaoh after the death of Akhnaton?

3. What do the teachers tell Sinuhe about teaching every child to read and write?

4. Why, at first, is is said that the people in the Lower Kingdom are requesting jars?

5. What does Pepitamon do to find favor with Pharaoh Ahknaton?

Short Essay Questions

1. Upon returning to Egypt, what does Sinuhe find in the new artwork displayed in the city? Why is it so shocking? What has changed? Why is this significant to the story? Who does this threaten?

2. How does Horemheb react when he discovers that the priests are using human sacrifices after the death of Akhnaton? How does Sinuhe react?

3. Why is the assassination attempt on Pharaoh Ahknetaton so shocking in Egyptian culture?

4. How is the young boy Tut described?

5. What other spies had Horemheb sent to Syria? How did they travel and hide themselves? Under what guise did they travel? Do you think they were able to gather more or less information than Sinuhe because he was able to travel as a doctor?

6. Why does Sinuhe believe that if Aton falls, he does not want to live? What does he mean when he says, "it was another speaking?"

7. What does the Pharaoh Akhnaton believe he should do about the situation in Egypt once he is informed by Eie and Horemheb? After an evening of thinking what is his answer to the problems in the country? Why is this his decision?

8. Why does Sinuhe believe that his revenge against Nefernefernefer is childish? What happens to her? Is this a surprise to Sinuhe? Why? Why not?

9. What story does the storyteller on the street tell that Merit and Sinuhe hear as they walk toward to Avenue of Rams?

10. What is the genius behind Kaptah's investments made for Sinuhe?

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