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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, Nefernefernefer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Sinuhe turns seven to what event does his mother take him?
(a) The Nile.
(b) A sacrifice.
(c) The theater.
(d) The House of Death.

2. Where are people buried near Thebes?
(a) By the Temple of Death.
(b) The City of the Dead.
(c) In the reeds near the river.
(d) In the slave quarter of the city.

3. What, according to the prince, Amenhotep, is an abomination to Aton?
(a) The Nile.
(b) His son.
(c) Taxes.
(d) Blood.

4. When the prince is crowned, who is his royal consort?
(a) Baketamon.
(b) Priest Eie.
(c) The Queen Taia.
(d) The Princess of Mitanni, who still playes with dolls.

5. What does Sinuhe do with the gift from Nefernefernefer?
(a) He loses it.
(b) He has his name engraved in the stone.
(c) He gives it to his mother.
(d) He returns it to her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has Sinuhe been in exile at the beginning of the novel?

2. How does Sinuhe know that he is to assist Phator and go with him to the pharaoh?

3. Who is Horemheb in love with?

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

5. When Sinuhe finds his old friend Thothmes, what is he doing for a living?

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