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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 12, The Water Clock Measures Time.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sinuhe do with the scarab that he finds?
(a) He gives it to the stranger.
(b) He leaves it on his mother's grave.
(c) He gives it to Nefernefernefer.
(d) He gives it to Kaptah as a god.

2. How do the women of Crete wear their hair?
(a) Flat to their heads with lots of oils.
(b) Cut like a boys.
(c) Curly and short.
(d) High on their head with small hats.

3. What does Sinuhe insist of King Aziru after he is greeted in the desert?
(a) That he is allowed to change out of the robes.
(b) That the man who jabbed his behind is flogged.
(c) That he is given a chariot to ride.
(d) That he return the gifts.

4. Why does Kaptah want to go with Sinuhe into the mountain where Minea disappears?
(a) He is not afraid of death.
(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 thinks if Sinuhe dies, he will not be able to get off the island.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the bathrooms have in Crete?

2. After Sinuhe gives everything over to Neferrneferrnefer, what does he learn when he returns home?

3. What do they dress Minea in just before she enters the copper gates?

4. When Sinuhe arrives at Gaza, how does he enter?

5. When the prince is crowned, what does he decree?

(see the answer key)

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