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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. Who does Sinuhe meet at Kaptah's favorite tavern when he returns to Egypt?
(a) The pharaoh.
(b) Merit.
(c) Nefernefernefer.
(d) Minea.

2. How has Aziru's seven-year-old son shown that he will be a great warrior?
(a) He practices his weapon skills daily.
(b) He has already slit the belly of a slave who insulted him and has gone into battle with his father,
(c) He can sword fight with grown men.
(d) He killed a man who attacked him.

3. What does Sinuhe try to convince Aziru of when he sees him as a prisoner?
(a) That his wife cheated on him.
(b) That his sons are already dead.
(c) That life is not worth living.
(d) That he should try and save himself.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kaptah buy with Sinuhe's money when they return to Egypt?

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

3. When Kaptah and Sinuhe get to the opening in the cave where the sea enters, what do they find?

4. What does Merit wish to pretend as she and Sinuhe and Thoth sail down the Nile?

5. What would Horemheb not allow Aziru to see before his execution?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Horemheb get control over the city after Pepitaton has caused such chaos?

2. Who forms an odd alliance to overthrow Pharaoh Akhnaton? Why is this an odd alliance?

3. 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?

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

5. Why does Sinuhe tell Horemheb that Princess Baketaton asked after him at her mother's deathbed when she did not seem really taken with Horemheb? Do you think Sinuhe believes that there is an attraction there? Or is he flattering Horemheb to get what he wants?

6. Merit tells Sinuhe that "falsehood may be sweeter than truth when one is much alone and past the spring of life." What does she mean by this comment? How is this related to her relationship with Sinuhe?

7. On the third day of the battle with the Hittites in the holy war, what happens when Horemheb is no longer content with defense?

8. 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?

9. When Sinuhe, Minea, and Kaptah arrive in Crete, what does Sinuhe notice about their idea of death?

10. At the end of Book 14, Sinuhe says that the destiny of Egypt hangs on a woman's whim. Who do you think he is referring to and why?

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