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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 191- 243.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tanus is nicknamed Akh-Horus. What does this name mean?
(a) Revered Leader.
(b) Great Warrior.
(c) Son of Horus.
(d) Brother of Horus.

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

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

4. How does the audience accept the bloody, gaudy pageant?
(a) With stunned silence.
(b) With wild enthusiasm.
(c) With horror.
(d) With holy terror.

5. Why do the Shrikes lose the battle?
(a) They have Tanus at their faces and the "slave girls" at their backs.
(b) They come over the mountain pass too quickly.
(c) They are outnumbered.
(d) The leaders are quickly killed and the men cannot fight without leadership.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Taita keep separate from the crowds?

2. Out of the thirteen barons, how many are killed in this first battle with Tanus?

3. Why did Taita help Tanus enter the army?

4. How does Taita fake his own death in order to search for Tanus?

5. Where do Tanus and Lostris first sleep together?

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