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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 405-444.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would happen if Lostris bore the illegitimate child of another man?
(a) She would be ostracized from society.
(b) She would be beheaded.
(c) She would lose the crown.
(d) She would not be allowed to keep the child.

2. What dream does Taita have to explain Lostris's pregnancy?
(a) The goddess Hapi approved of Tanus and Lostris's union.
(b) Pharaoh came back from paradise and slept with her at night.
(c) Lostris has generative powers to conceive a child without a man.
(d) The child was conceived before Pharaoh's death but did not grow until now.

3. Why do crowds of people wait onshore for the boats to return?
(a) They are concerned for the safety of the sailors.
(b) They want to welcome Lostris back home.
(c) They cannot begin the feast of Osiris until Lostris returns.
(d) They are allowed to eat hippopotamus only then, during the feast of Osiris.

4. How does Pharaoh react to the accusations of Lord Intef's guilt?
(a) He condemns Lord Intef immediately.
(b) He wavers, wanting the accusations to be false.
(c) He forgives Lord Intef after only a few moments.
(d) He gives Lord Intef one year to prove himself innocent.

5. When some passengers are reluctant to travel south into Africa, where do they disembark?
(a) At Elephantine Island.
(b) At the first cataract.
(c) At Thebes.
(d) At the southern border.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Shufti the baron offer Tanus in return for twenty of his "slave girls"?

2. Following the battle with the Hyksos, what did Tanus do that caused him great grief?

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

4. Why is Taita called the Elder Brother in the slave quarters?

5. Why does Tanus send Taita away before the second battle?

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