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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How do the women of Crete wear their hair?
2. Who approaches Horemheb after the death of Akhnaton and tries to seduce him?
3. What will Kaptah NOT buy with Sinuhe's money?
4. How has Aziru's seven-year-old son shown that he will be a great warrior?
5. Who is Minea related to?
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. When Sinuhe, Minea, and Kaptah arrive in Crete, what does Sinuhe notice about their idea of death?
3. 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?"
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. Who forms an odd alliance to overthrow Pharaoh Akhnaton? Why is this an odd alliance?
6. On the third day of the battle with the Hittites in the holy war, what happens when Horemheb is no longer content with defense?
7. During the battle with the Hittites in the holy war, why do the Hittites not turn and run when they are losing?
8. Which daughter does the Pharaoh Akhnaton favor and why?
9. 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?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Often in the novel a swallow or bird flies around in and out of scenes. What do you think this is a symbol of? Note when this happens in the novel and see if there is a pattern?
Essay Topic 2
How and why does Nefernefernefer warn Sinuhe of her future actions? What does it say about Nefernefernefer's character that she warns Sinuhe and what metaphors does she use? Give a description of her warnings and decide what Sinuhe should learn from her words.
Essay Topic 3
Sinuhe talks with Thothmes about asking the question "why?" What is Sinuhe discovering about being inquisitive in the House of Life? Why is asking "why?" so threatening to the others he is studying with? What answer does Thothmes give him? Do you think Thothmes is correct in his answer?
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