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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Sinuhe request that bread be baked for the poor, what phrase does he want said to them as the bread is passed out?
(a) This is bread for the poor, take it.
(b) This bread will multiply.
(c) This is the bread of Aton; take ye and eat of it in his name.
(d) My bread is your bread.

2. Who approaches Horemheb after the death of Akhnaton and tries to seduce him?
(a) Muti.
(b) Princess Baketaton.
(c) Nefertiti.
(d) Merit.

3. Where does the Pharaoh Akenaton go after the parade?
(a) He sails out to sea.
(b) He gets on a ship and voyages down the river.
(c) He goes to the City of the Dead.
(d) He retreats to his palace and does not go outside for three days.

4. 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 is the last ship to sail before winter.
(c) It is a ship blessed by the god Aton.
(d) It sails directly to Egypt.

5. How does Sinuhe get his revenge with Nefernefernefer?
(a) He tries to drown her in the river.
(b) He kills her.
(c) He takes her to the House of Death and gives her to the emblamers.
(d) He publically denounces her.

6. Who does Sinuhe meet at Kaptah's favorite tavern when he returns to Egypt?
(a) Nefernefernefer.
(b) The pharaoh.
(c) Minea.
(d) Merit.

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

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

9. What errand does the Pharaoh Ahknaton send Sinuhe on in the name of peace?
(a) To talk to Horemheb and get him to stop shedding blood.
(b) To visit his friend Aziru and negotiate a treaty.
(c) To spy on Eie.
(d) To follow Nefretiti.

10. What do the warriors do to get control of the crowds in Thebes, but not to shed blood?
(a) They run over them with chariots.
(b) They hit them in the head with stones.
(c) They shoot them in the head with arrows.
(d) They strangle people.

11. What have the Hittites done with the jars sold to them by the merchants of Egypt?
(a) They are preserving fish in salt and water.
(b) The use them as weapons, cutting people with them.
(c) They hang them in the sun in honor of Aton.
(d) They have brought water into the desert so they can survive there for quite a while.

12. How does MInea dance in the competition once she reaches Crete?
(a) She appears out of practice.
(b) She dances happily.
(c) She dances dangerously.
(d) She dances better than anyone else.

13. Why does Thothmes die?
(a) Because he is sick.
(b) Because he loves Ammon.
(c) Because he falls in the Nile and crocodiles eat him.
(d) Because he defends the pharaoh and his god.

14. Who is Minea related to?
(a) Minos.
(b) Minotauros.
(c) Servants.
(d) The ship captain.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sinuhe find odd about the city of Crete?

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

3. How does Pharaoh Akhnaton die?

4. Who does Kaptah hire as a servant when the men return to Egypt?

5. What do the bathrooms have in Crete?

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