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)
What does the name Se-Osiris mean? (pg. 107)
What does the “rascally Ethiopian” come to prove? (pg. 107)
What challenge is issued by the Ethiopian magician? (pg. 108)
What reason does Se-Osiris give for laughing at this problem? (pg. 109)
How long ago did the story, contained in the sealed letter, take place prior to the days of Se-Osiris? (pg. 110)
What are the various claims made by the Ethiopian magicians as far as what they could do to Egypt? (pg.111)
Which claim does the Ethiopian king choose to test? Does it work? (pg. 111-113)
How do the Egyptians answer this attack on their king? (pg. 113-115)
Whose Bai does the tall Ethiopian magician, who challenged Pharaoh, turn out to have? (pg. 115)
What are the three magical attacks of the Ethiopian magician and how does Se-Osiris overcome each of them?
Logic Questions: (The Interpretation/Comparison of the Text)
Why is Se-Osiris’ age important to the story? (pg. 107)
Why does Setna provide hospitality to the Ethiopian challenger despite his insolence? (pg. 108)
Setna says, “Such a dog as this…is not worthy to be pitted against a magician full of years and wisdom. But my son Se-Osiris…shall read his letter.” (pg. 110) How are Setna’s words here misleading to the actual truth of the situation?
On page 113 the Pharaoh seeks vengeance against the king of Ethiopia. On Page 114 the king of Ethiopia cries out for vengeance against Pharaoh. What might we infer about the concept of vengeance from this?
What does it mean for the Ethiopian magician to have “the Bai of the Son of Tnahsit”? (pg. 115)
Why does Se-Osiris call the Ethiopian a “black dog” and why does the Ethiopian call him a “white dog”? (pg. 116)
What role does laughter play in this story?
Rhetoric Questions: (The Analysis of Ideas in the Text)
Is magic real? If you say yes, how so? If you say no, why do you think that?
Theological Analysis: (Sola Scriptura)
What is similar and dissimilar about this story and that of the account of Jesus in Luke 2:42-52?
What comparison might you draw between Se-Osiris in this story and David in 1 Samuel 17?
Read Exodus 7:8-13. What parallels do you see between these stories? How should this story from the Bible influence our thinking about magic?
Virtues/Vices/Great Ideas: (Find them in the Text)
Battle of Wits, Hospitality, Vengeance, Confession