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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Taita valuable to Lord Intef?
(a) Taita knows all the dark secrets of Lord Intef's reign.
(b) Taita manages all his wealth.
(c) Taita is one of his favorite lovers.
(d) Taita has helped him win favor with Pharaoh.

2. When Taita returns to Lostris, why is she sick?
(a) She is sick with worry for Tanus.
(b) She has barely eaten anything.
(c) She has contracted malaria.
(d) The miscarriage of Pharaoh's child made her ill.

3. What does Taita see at the end of Pharaoh's horoscope?
(a) A forest of trees, all bearing the double crown.
(b) Battles and bloodshed for one hundred years.
(c) A girl baby followed by a boy.
(d) A tree eaten by locusts and fallen to earth.

4. How does Taita fake his own death in order to search for Tanus?
(a) He held an embalming ceremony for himself (the body was a stranger's).
(b) Sprinkled a cat's blood over a boat and left the boat to drift.
(c) Took a large dose of the sleeping potion.
(d) Lostris spread rumors that he was dead while he hid in her rooms for a month.

5. During her feast to celebrate Taita, what gift does Lostris try to give him?
(a) His freedom.
(b) His own house apart from hers.
(c) New physician's tools.
(d) Three new slave boys.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Tanus's speech a surprise to his whole audience, especially Taita?

2. What is ironic about the double crown of Egypt that Pharaoh wears?

3. How do Egyptians treat their women in comparison to surrounding nations?

4. Once he is seated on the ark carrying his coffin, what unprecedented thing does Pharaoh do?

5. Why are Lord Nembet and most of his men killed by the Hyksos?

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