The Golden Goblet Unit 12: Ch 16

Question 1

bewildered

Answer 1

confused or unsure

Question 2

rash

Answer 2

quick and foolish, without thinking

Question 3

obliterated

Answer 3

destroyed without leaving a trace

Question 4

skeptical

Answer 4

disbelieving, doubtful

Question 5

courtiers

Answer 5

attendants of a powerful person

Question 6

impassive

Answer 6

not feeling or showing emotion

Question 7

reeking

Answer 7

smelling strongly

Question 8

serenely

Answer 8

peacefully, calmly

Question 9

prime

Answer 9

best quality or highest importance

Question 10

tremulously

Answer 10

in a timid or nervous manner

Question 11

What test question did the queen ask Ranofer?

Answer 11

She asked what the object was that was leaning on the north wall of her parent’s burial chamber.

Question 12

What was Ranofer’s answer to the test? Was he correct?

Answer 12

He said it was her father’s oak staff. He was correct.

Question 13

What object caught Ranofer’s eye when he went back before the queen for the second time?

Answer 13

He saw the golden goblet on the table.

Question 14

When the queen offered Ranofer anything in the world, what did he ask for?

Answer 14

He asked for a donkey.

Question 15

What reward did the queen send to Heqet and the Ancient?

Answer 15

She sent rings with greenstone amulets.

Question 16

What would Ranofer do now that he no longer worked for Gebu?

Answer 16

He would sell papyrus and learn to be a goldsmith from Zau.