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 the section for which you are looking.
Grammar Questions: (The Information of the Text)
What did Rameses III have more of than all of the Pharaoh’s before him? (pg. 198)
What did Rameses III commission Hor-em-heb to make for him? (pg. 198-199)
What did Hor-em-heb do which “played Pharaoh false”? (pg. 199)
To whom did Hor-em-heb tell his secret before he died? (pg. 200)
What happens to the brothers inside the treasure chamber? (pg. 200-201)
What does the mother of the brothers insist upon? (pg. 202)
How does the Treasure Thief recover his brother’s body? (pg. 202-203)
What is the second trap Pharaoh sets up in an attempt to catch the Treasure Thief? (pg. 204-205)
How does the Treasure Thief outwit Pharaoh and his daughter? (pg. 205-206)
What happens to the treasure thief because of his cunning? (pg. 206)
Logic Questions: (The Interpretation/Comparison of the Text)
This story and the previous one (The Story of the Greek Princess) both feature Rameses III. Based upon these two stories what would you determine about his overall character?
The text says that Pharaoh found “the body of a man, naked and headless”. Why did the surviving brother remove his clothes in addition to his head? (pg. 201)
Why does the mother insist on the recovery of her son’s body from Pharaoh even at the risk of her other son? (pg. 202)
Why do you think the two arguments of the Treasure Thief fail to persuade his mother to leave her son’s body with Pharaoh? (pg. 202)
Why does the Treasure Thief “cut a lock of hair from one side of each soldier’s head”? (pg. 203)
Rhetoric Questions: (The Analysis of Ideas in the Text)
Under what circumstances is taking the life of another person justified? Was the brother who got away right to take the life of his brother? Why or why not?
Is this a good or bad story? Why?
Theological Analysis: (Sola Scriptura)
Read Job 5:12-16. How does God deal with people who use their cleverness for evil purposes?
From a Christian perspective how important is the burial of the body? Contrast this with the Egyptian view of burial presented in this (and the previous) story. Consider Matthew 8:21-22, 2 Corinthians 5:1-10, and 1 Thessalonian 4:13-18, among other passages, in giving your answer.
Virtues/Vices/Great Ideas: (Find them in the Text)
Betrayal, Religion, Deception, Arrogance