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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 the people call the Queen Mother Taia?
(a) The black witch.
(b) The silver swan.
(c) The pharaoh.
(d) The mistress of Eie.

2. What is the custom of marriage in Egypt?
(a) To be joined by a priest.
(b) To read a poem to Aton.
(c) To exchange rings of gold.
(d) To break a jar between the man and the woman.

3. While Sinuhe is in Akhetaton, where is Horemheb?
(a) Memphis.
(b) Thebes.
(c) Syria.
(d) Crete.

4. What does Kaptah negotiate with Horemheb to win back his wealth after the holy war?
(a) The right to gamble with his warriors.
(b) The sole rights to any grain in Babylon.
(c) The sole right to buy and sell all war plunder in Syria.
(d) The rights to any property in Crete.

5. 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 sails directly to Egypt.
(c) It is a ship blessed by the god Aton.
(d) It is the last ship to sail before winter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is wrong with King Aziru's baby?

2. What does Sinuhe think when the Hittites come to visit Ahknetaton?

3. What do the Hittites bring as a gift to the young Tut that goes with him to his tomb?

4. When Sinuhe returns to Thebes the first time from Akhetaton, who has Kaptah lent money to?

5. After Sinuhe returns to Thebes the first time from Akhetaton, how does Kaptah pay for their dinner together?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?"

3. When Sinuhe begins to practice again in Thebes, he finds he is making no money, but is happy. Why is this? What has changed in his attitude? Who does he want to become in his life?

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

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. 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?

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. 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?

9. There is a belief on the island of Crete that those sacrificed to the god can return if they wish after a few days. They speak of a living god. How does this mirror modern religion? What message is the author trying to tell the reader?

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

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