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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Sinuhe returns to Thebes the first time from Akhetaton, who has Kaptah lent money to?
(a) Merit.
(b) Horemheb.
(c) Muti.
(d) Himself.

2. What does Aziru's son do when his father is attacked by assassins?
(a) He stabs them with his little sword.
(b) He hits them with rocks.
(c) He jumps on them and strangles them.
(d) He gets help.

3. Who tells Sinuhe that Kaptah is dead?
(a) Muti.
(b) Merit's father.
(c) Merit.
(d) Thoth.

4. What kind of knots does the Queen Mother Taia tie?
(a) Square knots.
(b) Boy Scout knots.
(c) The knots of a fowler.
(d) Circle knots.

5. What gift does Horemheb give to Roju?
(a) A ring made of a large ruby.
(b) A crown made of silver and gold.
(c) A wrist band made of silver.
(d) A chain of green precious stones set in gold and enamel and a golden whip.

6. When Horemheb and Eie strike a deal to co-rule the country, what does Horemheb want as part of the deal?
(a) Nefretit as his wife.
(b) Food, gold, and supplies to defend the country and a salary.
(c) Lower Egypt to rule as he pleases.
(d) The Princess Baketaton as his wife.

7. When Sinuhe is dumped in the desert, and Aziru's chariots approach him, what do they do to Sinuhe?
(a) Rob him and strip off his clothes.
(b) Shower him with gifts.
(c) Change him into white robes.
(d) Carry him back to Aziru.

8. Who does Princess Ankhsenaton break the jar with who will be the next king?
(a) Horemheb.
(b) Thothmes.
(c) Sinuhe.
(d) Tut.

9. What does Kaptah use to find his way back to the opening of the cave?
(a) He draws on the wall of the cave.
(b) He drops rocks.
(c) A string.
(d) A spool of thread.

10. What does Pharaoh Akenaton want to do with the open walks and gardens and the sacred lakes?
(a) He wants to make public parks and public lakes.
(b) He wants to build new business on the land.
(c) He wants to give the land to former slaves.
(d) He wants to put new temples to Aton on that land.

11. 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.

12. When Sinuhe sees Horemheb at his return to Egypt, what does Horemheb tell Sinuhe about what is to happen the next day?
(a) Aton is to be deposed.
(b) War with Syria will begin.
(c) War with the Hittites will begin.
(d) Ammon is to be deposed.

13. How quickly does Akhetaton, the city, come into being?
(a) In two years.
(b) In a month.
(c) In 18 months.
(d) In a year.

14. What does Thothmes ask his students to do as they learn?
(a) To draw from life and not from patterns.
(b) To follow the patterns of the ancients.
(c) To abstract the old art.
(d) To copy the Egyptian art of old.

15. When Horemheb returns to Egypt, who does he put in charge of the troops?
(a) The pharaoh.
(b) Pepitamon.
(c) Kaptah.
(d) Sinuhe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who approaches Horemheb after the death of Akhnaton and tries to seduce him?

2. What do the teachers tell Sinuhe about teaching every child to read and write?

3. Who does Sinuhe meet at Kaptah's favorite tavern when he returns to Egypt?

4. Who does Roju order the execution of in Gaza?

5. When Kaptah and Sinuhe get to the opening in the cave where the sea enters, what do they find?

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