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NLE 1991: An Unusual Dinner Party

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Erat ōlim rēgīna in Aegyptō, nōmine Nitōcris. Frātrem habuerat, quem quī dam Aegyptiī necāverant. Nitōcris īram cēlāvit et nihil dē frātre dīxit. Sed īrāta rēgīna interfectōrēs frātris necāre cōnstituit. Iussit aedificārī magnum cubiculum sub terrā prope flūmen et quoque canālem secrētō dūcentem ab flūmine in cubiculum. Tum Nitōcris interfectōrēs ad cēnam in cubiculum invītāvit. Illī erant laetī quod novum cubiculum vidēre cupīvērunt. Nitōcris hominēs in cubiculum recēpit. Rēgīna inquit, "Ego vōbīs dōnum habeō." Dum interfectōrēs cēnant et bibunt, rēgīna ē cubiculō discessit et signum dedit. Subitō aqua flūminis per canālem in cubiculum dēcurrit. Hominēs portam petīvērunt, sed porta clausa erat.

 

 1. 
Why was Nitocris angry?
a.
Her brother had tried to kill her.
c.
The Egyptians had tried to kill her.
b.
The Egyptians had killed her brother.
d.
She wanted to be queen of Egypt.
 

 2. 
Consequently Nitocris decided to _____.
a.
to kill the murderers of her brother
c.
to overthrow her brother
b.
to kill her brother
d.
to rule with her brother
 

 3. 
To accomplish her goal, Nitocris _____.
a.
wanted to see the new room
c.
ordered an underground chamber built
b.
secretly walked to the river
d.
invited her brother to dinner
 

 4. 
Then Nitocris gave a signal for ____.
a.
everyone to leave the room
c.
water to enter the chamber from the river
b.
her brother to jump in the water
d.
everyone to eat and drink
 

 5. 
What is the likeliest ending for this story?
a.
The men drowned.
c.
Nitocris killed her brother at dinner.
b.
Nitocris and her brother dined together.
d.
The men ran through the canal to get her brother.
 



 
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