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 was the last of the “great gods to reign as Pharaoh in Egypt”? (pg. 42)
What did the Egyptians of old believe about every Pharaoh? (pg. 42)
Who united Upper and Lower Egypt and approximately when did he do it? (pg. 42)
Who was the last Pharaoh of Egypt to wear the “Pschent” (the double crown)? (pg. 42)
Who ordered the construction of the first of the great pyramids? (pg. 43)
Who was Pharaoh Menes’ great architect who later became worshiped as a god? (pg. 43)
How many “lean years” did Egypt face during the reign of Pharaoh Zoser? (pg. 44)
Where do the flood waters of the annual “inundation” come from? (pg. 46)
Why, according to the story, were the floods not coming to Egypt? (pg. 47)
How was the drought problem solved? (pg. 47-48)
What is the “Nilometer”? (pg. 49)
Logic Questions: (The Interpretation/Comparison of the Text)
Why is the “double crown” an important symbol for Egypt? (pg. 42)
Why were “prayers and incantations and sacrifices to the Nine gods of Memphis” of “no avail”? (pg. 45)
Which gods make up the “Nine gods of Memphis” mentioned on pg. 45? (This may require looking back on previous stories)
On page 46 the text says the island of Elephantinē “was the first mound of dry land to rise out of the water of Nun when Ra called the world into being, and on it he stood when he spoke the words of power and the First Name that made all things.” On page 6 we see that Ra himself rose out of the waters of Nun. Is all of this information consistent?
Rhetoric Questions: (The Analysis of Ideas in the Text)
If you were to draw a moral from this story, one that as Christians we could actually affirm as true, what might it be?
Theological Analysis: (Sola Scriptura)
Compare this story to Joseph’s story in Genesis 41. What similarities do you see in these stories? What do you see that is different?
Consider the behavior of the Egyptians during the years of famine (described on pg. 44 of this story). How does Romans 3:9-31 explain this behavior in mankind and what does it offer as the solution?
How might the “Nine gods of Memphis” relate to the 10 Plagues Yahweh sends against Pharaoh and Egypt? (Exodus Ch. 7-12)
Virtues/Vices/Great Ideas: (Find them in the Text)
Arrogance/Pride