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Journal of Nakht

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What happens if a farmer doesn't pay his taxes (in grain)?

a)

He must work for the pharaoh.

b)

His children are made slaves.

c)

The soles of his feet are beaten.

d)

He must pay double next year.

2.

What will Tamyt and Mother do with the linen they wove?

a)

pay rent or buy a chair

b)

donate it to the temple for the goddess Isis

c)

make matching tunics

d)

sew a grand outfit for father

3.

Of all the artisans Nakht visited, which workspace was the worst?

a)

potters

b)

tanning yard

c)

goldsmith

d)

manure field

4.

Who was the guest of honor at Nakht's home for a special dinner?

a)

Controller of the Granaries

b)

Nakht's teacher

c)

Father's supervisor

d)

the pharaoh

5.

Where were the tomb robbers when Nakht identified them?

a)

May's house

b)

On a boat

c)

In a temple

d)

At Nakht's house

6.

What was Tamyt's plan to catch the tomb robbers?

a)

set a trap

b)

contact the Egyptian Police Department

c)

Ask the servants to disguise themselves jewel buyers

d)

Ask the gods by writing their question down and delivering it to a priest

7.

What happened to the brick Nakht made (without straw)?

a)

It was a different color than the rest.

b)

It was the strongest brick in the wall.

c)

It was stolen.

d)

It crumbled the moment the worker stepped on it.

8.

How did Nakht's family travel to Thebes?

a)

boat

b)

camel

c)

donkey

d)

walked

9.

What was one astonishing thing that was unloaded of the ships from Punt?

a)

a crate of rubies

b)

elephants' tusks and skins of spotted cats

c)

a polar bear

d)

the original Ten Commandments

10.

How long did Nakht and his family wait to see the King?

a)

minutes

b)

hours

c)

days

d)

weeks

11.

After the visit to see King Hatshepsut, Nakht's father took him to

a)

the Step Pyramid

b)

Khufu's Pyramid

c)

Punt

d)

Back home to visit old friends

12.

Near the end of his journal, Nakht's father agreed to let his son

a)

become a full scribe

b)

get a dog

c)

have his own slave

d)

lose his sidelock (ponytail)

13.

What does a shaduf do?

a)

makes bricks

b)

catches tomb robbers like an alarm system

c)

brings water to crops in the field

d)

helps predict the flood

14.

Who cut Nakht's sidelock?

a)

father

b)

mother

c)

May

d)

Tamyt

15.

How did Father, Nakyt, and Tamyt get to the palace?

a)

chariot

b)

carried in chairs

c)

walking

d)

horseback

16.

The setting of the Khufu's pyramid was

a)

near Hatshepsut's palace

b)

full of people trying to sell things

c)

in Nakht's hometown of Esna

d)

along the shores of the Nile

17.

What did Nakht's father promise him if he completed his scribe training?

a)

A new set of writing tools

b)

A trip to the market

c)

A feast in his honor

d)

A new pair of sandals

18.

A large room as in a tomb

a)

plunder

b)

chamber

c)

procession

d)

impact

19.

Give an authoritative order

a)

peer

b)

perspective

c)

command

d)

elaborate

20.

Ancient Egyptian style of writing (Picture Writing)

a)

chamber

b)

hieroglyphics

c)

perspective

d)

procession

21.

To destroy and steal

a)

plunder

b)

contribute

c)

procession

d)

consider

22.

To look into something OR a person who is your equal

a)

chamber

b)

peer

c)

plunder

d)

command

23.

A number of people or vehicles moving forward in an orderly fashion, especially as part of a ceremony or festival.

a)

plunder

b)

command

c)

procession

d)

hieroglyphics

24.

To think about something carefully

a)

contribute

b)

consider

c)

peer

d)

plunder

25.

To give an object or idea to others

a)

contribute

b)

command

c)

plunder

d)

impact

26.

Point of view

(What do you see?)

a)

impact

b)

perspective

c)

significant

d)

contribute

27.

To have meaning; important

a)

elaborate

b)

contribute

c)

peer

d)

significant

28.

To tell more!

a)

elaborate

b)

contribute

c)

significant

d)

peer

29.

1: To have a strong and often bad effect on

2: To hit with great force

a)

significant

b)

elaborate

c)

impact

d)

perspective

30.

When important people died in ancient Egypt, people walked in a ________ with the body as it was carried to the tomb.

a)

chamber

b)

command

c)

hieroglyphs

d)

procession

31.

Finding King Tut's tomb was a _________ discovery for archeologists.

a)

consider

b)

perspective

c)

significant

d)

plundered

32.

What is the ancient Egyptian form of symbol writing?

a)

hieroglyphs

b)

plundered

c)

perspective

d)

contribute

33.

Ancient Egyptian pharaohs________ what treasures were to be buried with them.

a)

significant

b)

commanded

c)

consider

d)

impact

34.

The early Egyptian people believed that the ancient Egyptian gods had an __________ on whether their lives would be lucky or unlucky.

a)

impact

b)

significant

c)

consider

d)

contribute

35.

Archeologists dream of the day when they can _______ into an ancient tomb and discover treasures unseen for hundreds of years.

a)

significant

b)

consider

c)

hieroglyphs

d)

peer

36.

The __________ of a peasant might be different from a priest as they both are from different social classes and might have different point of views.

a)

chambers

b)

hieroglyphs

c)

perspective

d)

impact

37.

A person might ________the dangers of exploring an abandoned gold mine shaft before walking into one.

a)

impact

b)

consider

c)

procession

d)

significant

38.

Mr. N wanted to _________ to the potluck meal, so he brought a salad.

a)

impact

b)

consider

c)

plundered

d)

contribute

39.

It is too sad that most Egyptian tombs have been raided and _________, leaving many broken and damaged artifacts behind.

a)

plundered

b)

procession

c)

peering

d)

chamber

40.

Walking into the cool __________, the archeologist could almost hear the ancient voices of the people who gathered there long ago.

a)

hieroglyph

b)

chamber

c)

procession

d)

peer