The Golden Goblet

Chapters 1-3

Reading Check

1. Thebes (Chapter 1)

2. A porter (Chapter 1)

3. Eastern Thebes (Chapter 2)

4. Street of the Crooked Dog (Chapter 2)

5. Heqet (Chapter 3)

Short Answer

1. Ranofer suspects they are stealing gold and smuggling it in wineskins from Rekh. (Chapter 1)

2. He beats and starves Ranofer. (Chapter 1)

3. He mistreats Ranofer cruelly and claims that people will believe Ranofer is the one who has stolen. Gebu threatens to force Ranofer to apprentice in the stonecutting shop. (Chapter 2)

Chapters 4-6

Reading Check

1. His father’s ba (Chapter 4)

2. At the stonecutting shop (Chapter 5)

3. Pai (Chapter 6)

Short Answer

1. Heqet’s father is the Overseer of Storehouses, a position that requires honesty and trust. Ranofer believes Heqet has learned these qualities from his father. (Chapter 4)

2. The palace is executing grave robbers. (Chapter 5)

3. Ranofer realizes he has not been visited by his father’s ba, but the squeaking he hears at night is Gebu sneaking out of the house. (Chapter 6)

Chapters 7-9

Reading Check

1. Heqet (Chapter 7)

2. Zau (Chapter 8)

3. Heqet forgot his daily wage. (Chapter 8)

4. To a wine shop (Chapter 9)

Short Answer

1. Ranofer only has a lotus root to eat while Heqet has a bountiful lunch. Heqet offers to trade Ranofer, and Ranofer is embarrassed and angry with Heqet because of his pity. Heqet is angry with Ranofer because of his pride. (Chapter 7)

2. Gebu is dressing in fine clothing and eating expensive foods. Ranofer suspects Gebu has acquired wealth by committing some kind of crime. (Chapter 9)

Chapters 10-12

Reading Check

1. Because of khefts (Chapter 10)

2. The door had a clay seal. (Chapter 10)

3. Setma (Chapter 11)

4. The High Nile Festival (Chapter 12)

Short Answer

1. Setma wanted more money from Gebu. (Chapter 11)

2. He plans to follow Gebu into the tomb and report him to Zau. (Various chapters)

Chapters 13-16

Reading Check

1. A vulture (Chapter 13)

2. A kheft (Chapter 14)

3. He gasps. (Chapter 14)

4. Zau (Chapter 15)

5. A dwarf named Qa-nefer (Chapter 15)

Short Answer

1. Ranofer realizes that the spare alcove is a tunnel for thieves, and he had put his life in danger by asking about it. (Chapter 13)

2. Because of Ranofer’s loyalty to Egypt, he is able to catch Gebu stealing and report it to the Queen. The Queen gifts Ranofer and his friends with gold and allows him to intern with Zau. (Chapter 16)