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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 146-190.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lostris ask from her father for a wedding gift?
(a) One hundred feddan of prime land.
(b) Taita.
(c) Tanus.
(d) Five thousand gold rings.

2. In the early-morning sunlight, how does Pharaoh appear?
(a) Grand and imposing.
(b) Majestic and composed.
(c) Insignificant and slightly overweight.
(d) Unimportant and confused.

3. How does Lostris treat the common people in the city?
(a) She treats them with respect but from a distance.
(b) She does not even look at them when she rides through the streets.
(c) She takes advantage of them as her subjects.
(d) She brings them food and visits with them.

4. Once Taita finds Tanus, how does he sober him up?
(a) Dragging him out of the shack and dumping him in the river.
(b) Telling him stories of Lostris's new life to rouse him to action.
(c) Forcing him to drink water until he threw up.
(d) Giving him a special potion to aid sobriety.

5. What body parts are left inside a man when he is embalmed?
(a) The heart and kidneys.
(b) The heart and lungs.
(c) The liver and stomach.
(d) The lungs and brain.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a beggar boy asks for alms from Taita, what does Taita give him?

2. What is the name of the band of men who terrorize the Upper Kingdom?

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

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

5. How are Taita's animals killed?

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