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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 10, The City of the Heavens.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Sinuhe gives everything over to Neferrneferrnefer, what does he learn when he returns home?
(a) That the new pharaoh is sick.
(b) That he must leave Egypt.
(c) That his parents are dead.
(d) That Kaptah is dead.

2. Where does Sinuhe bury his parents?
(a) Near the temple of Ammon.
(b) Near the entrance of a royal tomb.
(c) In a pauper's cemetary.
(d) In the desert.

3. 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) He thinks if Sinuhe dies, he will not be able to get off the island.
(d) Because he is Sinuhe's friend and believes the sacred scarab will protect him.

4. Upon Sinuhe's return to Egypt, what do the priests say about gods other than Aton?
(a) That they worship Horus.
(b) That they are false idols.
(c) That they will not say the word Aton.
(d) That they still worship Ammon.

5. Why does the new pharaoh bother Horemheb?
(a) The pharaoh writes poetry that he wants Horemheb to memorize.
(b) The pharaoh wants Horemheb to stay with him all the time.
(c) The pharaoh thinks deeply and talks of a new god.
(d) The pharaoh wants to go to war.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon their return to Egypt, where does Kaptah want to take Sinuhe to have a drink?

2. What happens in the city of Thebes when the pharaoh dies?

3. What has Kaptah always wanted to do with his life?

4. How does Horemheb make money on his men after he give them their rewards?

5. Who is Sinuhe's first teacher, hired by his father?

(see the answer key)

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