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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who enticed the Hyksos to attack Thebes with promises of treasure?
(a) Lord Intef.
(b) Pharaoh.
(c) Hui.
(d) Salitis.

2. How does the cobra get into Taita's room to attack him?
(a) In a basket of pomegranates and mangoes.
(b) Rasfer brought it in secretly.
(c) Through a crack in the east wall.
(d) One of the slave boys brought it in.

3. What does Tanus name as one of the single worst afflictions to settle on Egypt?
(a) The bands of slave traders.
(b) The black plague.
(c) The lack of a male heir to the throne.
(d) Pharaoh's tax collectors.

4. How did Lostris first gain her knowledge of the outdoors?
(a) By studying long hours with Taita.
(b) By asking Tanus many questions after he went hunting.
(c) By hunting with her father.
(d) By tagging along with Tanus and Taita on their hunts.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Taita implicitly trust Aton, the royal chamberlain?

2. What hunt do Taita and Lostris attend with Pharaoh before the windstorm strikes?

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

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

5. When Taita explains Pharaoh's horoscope to Lostris, why does it give her hope?

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