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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 does Aziru's son do when his father is attacked by assassins?
(a) He hits them with rocks.
(b) He jumps on them and strangles them.
(c) He stabs them with his little sword.
(d) He gets help.

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

3. Who does Princess Ankhsenaton break the jar with who will be the next king?
(a) Horemheb.
(b) Tut.
(c) Thothmes.
(d) Sinuhe.

4. Upon their return to Egypt, where does Kaptah want to take Sinuhe to have a drink?
(a) The Mud Reed.
(b) The Boat Tavern.
(c) The Crocodile's Tail.
(d) The Sailor's Stopover.

5. When Kaptah and Sinuhe get to the opening in the cave where the sea enters, what do they find?
(a) A dead colossal bull.
(b) A priest.
(c) Minea alive.
(d) Minotaurus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will Kaptah NOT buy with Sinuhe's money?

2. What does Sinuhe find odd about the city of Crete?

3. How does Pharaoh Akhnaton die?

4. What does Kaptah negotiate with Horemheb to win back his wealth after the holy war?

5. What does the Pharaoh Ahknaton think about hate?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sinuhe free Kaptah when they return to Egypt? What has happened to their relationship? How do you think the loss of Minea affected Sinuhe's ideas of slavery?

2. What is the art like on the island of Crete? How does this reflect the way the people of Crete live?

3. During the battle with the Hittites in the holy war, why do the Hittites not turn and run when they are losing?

4. 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?

5. When Kaptah and Sinuhe find the droppings from a large animal, what does this indicate will happen as they work through the labyrinth? What will they find?

6. Does Sinuhe believe Pharaoh Ahknaton to be mad? Does he believe his madness? When he says "something in me has matured to receive his message" what does he mean?

7. How does Akhnaton not know of any of the suffering going on outside the palace walls?

8. Which daughter does the Pharaoh Akhnaton favor and why?

9. 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?

10. Upon meeting again with Horemheb, Sinuhe argues in defense of Pharaoh Akhnaton's beliefs. Do you think the loss of Minea affects the basic belief system of Sinuhe? How do you think he views religion now? Remember his experience in the House of Life as a student and then look at his experience with Minea and the bull? What do you think his beliefs are now?

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