Ancient Egyptian royal titulary

Ancient Egyptian royal titulary - Quiz

1. What is another common name for the Horus of Gold title?

A) Serekh name
B) Golden Horus name
C) Prenomen
D) Nebty name

2. What animal image typically featured in the Horus of Gold name?

A) A duck
B) A sedge
C) Horus falcon
D) A bee

3. The Horus of Gold falcon image was typically perched above or beside the hieroglyph for what?

A) The moon
B) Water
C) The sun
D) Gold

4. One belief regarding the meaning of the Horus of Gold title is that it represents the triumph of Horus over whom?

A) Cleopatra VII
B) Set
C) Ra
D) Osiris

5. In the context of the Horus of Gold name, the symbol for gold can be taken to mean that Horus was what?

A) King of Upper and Lower Egypt
B) Lord of the Two Lands
C) Superior to his foes
D) Son of Ra

6. In the ancient Egyptian mind, gold was strongly associated with what concept?

A) Agriculture
B) Eternity
C) War
D) Water

7. The Horus of Gold name was similar to which other name in terms of framing?

A) Birth name
B) Prenomen
C) Nebty name
D) Nomen

8. What framing was typically absent from the Horus of Gold name?

A) Cartouche or serekh
B) Duck and sun symbols
C) Hieroglyphic cartouche only
D) Serekh only

9. What is another term for the pharaoh's throne name?

A) Nebty name
B) Prenomen
C) Nomen
D) Golden Horus name

10. The throne name is the first of how many names written inside a cartouche?

A) Two
B) Three
C) Four
D) One

11. The pharaoh's throne name usually accompanied which title?

A) nsw-bity
B) nesit Ta-szema
C) za
D) nb tꜣwy

12. What does the royal titulary of ancient Egypt symbolize?

A) Military strategy and economic status
B) Worldly power and holy might
C) Family lineage and royal marriage
D) Architectural skill and wealth

13. What else did the royal titulary act as besides symbolizing power and might?

A) A legal contract for land ownership
B) A calendar of religious festivals
C) A sort of mission statement for the reign
D) A tax collection record

14. How many names made up the full royal titulary?

A) Three
B) Five
C) Six
D) Four

15. When did the full titulary come into standard usage?

A) New Kingdom
B) Middle Kingdom
C) First Dynasty
D) Old Kingdom

16. Until what historical period did the full titulary remain in use?

A) Assyrian Period
B) Roman Empire
C) Ptolemaic Kingdom
D) Greek Era

17. Which two female deities protected the king under the Nebty name?

A) Hathor and Nut
B) Isis and Nephthys
C) Nekhbet and Wadjet
D) Bastet and Sekhmet

18. During which dynasty did the Gold Falcon name begin to be created?

A) Second Dynasty
B) Twelfth Dynasty
C) First Dynasty
D) Fourth Dynasty

19. What does a serekh represent?

A) A temple gateway
B) A royal boat
C) A fortress wall
D) A palace façade

20. Which Second Dynasty pharaoh used an image of the god Set instead of Horus?

A) Seth-Peribsen
B) Semerkhet
C) Narmer
D) Khasekhemwy

21. Who succeeded Seth-Peribsen and placed symbols of both Set and Horus above his name?

A) Semerkhet
B) Djoser
C) Menes
D) Khasekhemwy

22. By the time of which period was the Horus name often written without the enclosing serekh?

A) Middle Kingdom
B) New Kingdom
C) Predynastic Period
D) Old Kingdom

23. Nekhbet, the patron deity of Upper Egypt, is represented by which animal?

A) A falcon
B) A vulture
C) A jackal
D) A cobra

24. Wadjet, the patron deity of Lower Egypt, is represented by which animal?

A) A cobra
B) A crocodile
C) A lioness
D) A vulture

25. Which First Dynasty pharaoh first definitively used the Nebty name?

A) Semerkhet
B) Narmer
C) Seth-Peribsen
D) Khasekhemwy

26. When did the Nebty name become a fully independent title?

A) Fourth Dynasty
B) Twelfth Dynasty
C) First Dynasty
D) Second Dynasty

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