The Story of Sinuhe Quizzes

The Story of Sinuhe Quiz 1

1 Who narrates The Tale of Sinuhe?
Sinuhe

An unnamed author

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King Senworset
2 Who wrote The Tale of Sinuhe?
Its authorship is unknown

Sinuhe

R. B. Parkinson

King Senworset
3 Around what time was The Tale of Sinuhe likely composed?
1 AD

3000 BC

1875 BC

Early 1800s
4 Under which genre is The Tale of Sinuhe best categorized?
Science fiction

Nonfiction essay

Fictional autobiography

Stage play
5 Who is the story's protagonist?
Queen Cleopatra

Amunenshi

The Sphinx

Sinuhe
6 Where does Sinuhe live at the beginning of the story?
Israel

Syria

Lebanon

Egypt
7 What is Sinuhe's position in society at the beginning of the story?
Royal courtier

Sandfarer

Banker

None of these
8 What event occurs at the beginning of the tale?
King Sehetepibre dies

King Sehetepibre rides a flaming horse to hell

King Senworset dies

The seas part
9 Where is the tale supposedly written, according to the tale itself?
Senworset's tomb walls

Drawn in sand on the banks of the Nile

Tattooed on Sinuhe's body

Sinuhe's tomb walls
10 Where is the king's son when the king dies?
In the palace

On an expedition to Libya

In Syria

In the new world
11 Where is Sinuhe when he learns of the king's death?
The Libyan expedition

The royal baths

The Syrian expedition

The palace
12 How does Sinuhe learn of the king's death?
He overhears a messenger

He never learns of the king's death

He is told directly by the Queen

He sees the king die
13 What happens to Sinuhe when he hears the king has died?
He kills himself

He laughs

He weeps uncontrollably

He trembles and panics
14 Where does Sinuhe hide immediately after learning of the king's death?
In a sand hole

In a cave

Between two bushes

Under a rug
15 What action does Sinuhe take after the king's death?
He prays to God

He returns to the palace to mourn

He fights the messenger who brings the bad news

He flees Egypt
16 What does Sinuhe say is "the taste of death"?
Spoiled milk

Pond scum

The prince's tears

The dryness in his throat
17 Who rescues Sinuhe when he is on the point of death?
An Egyptian pig farmer

A wild dog

A Syrian sheik

A Godly beam of light
18 Who brings Sinuhe to Retjenu?
No one

Amunenshi

Cleopatra

Senworset
19 When telling Amunenshi about his reason for leaving Egypt, what explanation does Sinuhe give?
It is because I am a coward

It is a private matter

It is like a plan of God

It is for reasons of terror
20 Why does Amunenshi think Sinuhe will be happy in Retjenu?
He will be able to communicate with God more easily

There is abundant water

There are grasslands

There are other Egyptians
21 How does Sinuhe responds to Amunenshi's question about how Egypt is doing?
Sinuhe gives lengthy praise for the king

Sinuhe refuses to speak for fear of repraisals

Sinuhe speaks of the social issues that still plague Egyptian society

Sinuhe disapproves of the king's heavy-handed approach to ruling
22 Where does Sinuhe say the king first began conquering?
Libya

The egg

France

The schoolroom
23 How does Amunenshi respond to Sinuhe's praise for the king?
He tells Sinuhe to return to Egypt

He threatens to kill Sinuhe if he doesn't pledge loyalty to him

He scoffs at the hyperbolic portrait of the king

He offers to set Sinuhe up for a good life in Retjenu
24 What is the name of the land Amunenshi gives to Sinuhe?
Syria

Iaa

Israel

Canaan
25 Which answer is not a crop Sinuhe grows on his land?
Oranges

Grapes

Figs

Moringa

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