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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 296-350.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Taita implicitly trust Aton, the royal chamberlain?
(a) Aton is also a eunuch.
(b) Aton also mourns at Lostris's marriage to Pharaoh.
(c) Pharaoh has spoken well of him.
(d) Aton has a good reputation in the palace.

2. Contrary to Pharaoh's plans, why does Lostris set out to charm him?
(a) To win his favor for Tanus.
(b) To win freedom for Taita.
(c) To win his love and eventually marriage.
(d) To win favor for her father.

3. Why does Tanus send Taita away before the second battle?
(a) Tanus needs to prepare for another battle.
(b) Taita needs to take care of Lostris.
(c) Taita is too faint-hearted to be much help.
(d) Tanus is going into battle with only fifty men and no physician.

4. Why do Taita and Tanus kill six Shrikes on the road?
(a) They had killed a family of three.
(b) They had attacked the two men.
(c) They had stolen a donkey.
(d) They had verbally threatened the two men.

5. What is Pharaoh's primary concern for the future of his kingdom?
(a) That the kingdom is disintegrating from within.
(b) That the kingdom is attacked by foreign armies.
(c) That he has no worthy male heir.
(d) That he has no male heir.

Short Answer Questions

1. Once Taita finds Tanus, how does he sober him up?

2. What is the name of Taita's friend who gives him information and supplies prior to the battle with the Shrikes?

3. Why do the Hyksos pass by their victims rather than running straight into them?

4. Why is Taita able to build an experimental squadron of chariots?

5. What idea of Tanus's is shot down in the military council?

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