If you are looking for the beginning of study guide for Tales of Ancient Egypt by Roger Lancelyn Green then you should start HERE with the brief introduction. The links to each set of study questions will be posted at the bottom of that original post as they are completed so you can easily find whichever section you are looking for.
Grammar Questions: (The Information of the Text)
Who is Setna’s father? (pg. 89)
What stands out about Setna compared to his brothers? (pg. 89)
What does Setna desire to acquire? (pg. 89-90)
Who warns Setna not to pursue his quest further? (pg. 90-91)
What does the Book of Thoth do for the one who reads it? (pg. 91-92)
Where was the Book of Thoth hidden? (pg. 92)
What does Nefrekeptah create with his magic to help him retrieve the book? (pg. 93)
How does Nefrekeptah defeat the serpent who could not be slain? (pg. 94)
How does Nefrekeptah make it so “the spells entered into his being”? (pg. 96)
What happens to Nefrekeptah, his wife, and his son because he took the Book of Thoth? (pg. 96-97)
What challenge takes place between the Ka of Nefrekeptah and Setna? (pg. 98-99)
What enchantment befalls Setna and what is its result? (pg. 101-103)
What does Nefrekeptah ask Setna to do in order to make amends? (pg. 104)
Where is the Book of Thoth now? (pg. 106)
Logic Questions: (The Interpretation/Comparison of the Text)
Why does Setna desire the Book of Thoth? (pg. 89-90)
What are Kas? (pg. 90-)
Why would the priest ask for “a hundred bars of silver” for his funeral? (pg. 92)
Why would the Book of Thoth be buried, locked up in a layered box, and guarded by scorpions and snakes? (pg. 92-94)
Why doesn’t Setna heed the advice of Ahura? (pg. 98)
Why does Setna finally lose his desire for the Book of Thoth? (pg. 102-103)
Rhetoric Questions: (The Analysis of Ideas in the Text)
Setna tells his brother if he doesn’t come to possess the Book of Thoth “life has no longer any meaning for me.” (pg. 90) What kind of things do people look to in order to find meaning and purpose in their life? What is it that actually makes our lives meaningful?
Is Thoth’s treatment of Nefrekeptah just? (pg. 96-97)
What is Setna’s greatest vice in this story? Do Setna and Nefrekeptah have the same vices?
Think about where we see instances of people offering counsel in this story? Who gives the best counsel? Why do you think so?
What is the moral of this story?
What are some other great stories which include a game (or a battle of wits) in an attempt to win a treasure?
Theological Analysis: (Sola Scriptura)
Read Proverbs 1:7. How does this relate to Setna in this story?
Virtues/Vices/Great Ideas: (Find them in the Text)
Family, Purpose/meaning, Arrogance, Recklessness, Being/Needing a Guide, Creation, Prudence, Despotism, Love, Appearance vs. Reality