Reading Assessment Questions:
Chapter 1 –
1. Why is the Sed Festival celebrated?
2. What is the Inundation?
3. What did Nekhi learn from the priest at the temple school?
4. What is special about the temple of Hathor in Dendara?
5. Egypt was once known by another name. What was it?
6. The temple at Dendera was built according to whose plans?
2. What is happening around the old city of Memphis?
3. What happens at the same time as Inundation time?
4. What is Inundation?
5. What are sistrums?
6. What are nileometers used for?
7. What does zenith mean? What position is the sun at?
8. What does the goddess Nut represent?
9. What is the goddess Hathor’s symbol?
2. What is a hesep?
2. What kind of board game do Nekhi and Tepi play?
3. What does the board game teach?
4. What does the sun-god Re travel in?
5. Where does he rest before rising in the east?
6. What are hieroglyphs?
What were they thought to be?
7. Which bird is considered to be a symbol of the god Horus?
8. Why did Nekhi have one long piece of braided hair on the right side of his head?
2. In whose tomb are they?
3. Who are the ushabti?
4. How did they know tomb robbers had been there?
5. Why were the walls covered with brightly painted tomb art?
2. Why were the battles being fought?
2. What showed that the King was triumphant?
3. Why were the people of the ancient city of Memphis rejoicing?
4. What is the Great Horizon or Akhet?
5. What is another name for the Guardian of Akhet?
6. What is electrum?
7. What kind of stone was the Great Pyramid made of?
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Temples and Tombs, by Jane Richards
Reading Assessment Questions created by Teacher P.J.Wigowsky
October 23, 2000
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