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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the first Shrike willing to help Tanus in exchange for keeping his life?
(a) Khargi.
(b) Gebel-Umm-Bahari.
(c) Hui.
(d) Basti.

2. Why does Pharaoh boast of Taita's abilities as a physician?
(a) Taita made Lostris more fertile to carry a male child.
(b) Taita healed Pharaoh of pneumonia.
(c) Taita cured Pharaoh's ringworm.
(d) Taita cured Pharaoh's impotence.

3. How does Tanus get back into shape after his weeks of drinking and laziness?
(a) Three weeks' worth of sword practice.
(b) A four-day march with his regiment.
(c) Fighting the Shrikes on the road.
(d) Two weeks' worth of difficult training.

4. Why does Taita conduct Pharaoh's tours of his treasuries?
(a) The priests could not answer Pharaoh's questions.
(b) Lord Intef could not answer Pharaoh's questions.
(c) None of the answers is correct.
(d) Pharaoh remembered him from the pageant and requested that he lead.

5. How does Taita explain his absence to Pharaoh?
(a) He secretly tells Pharaoh everything that happened.
(b) He says that he was on secret business for the goddess Hapi.
(c) He does not have a convincing reason.
(d) He says these things are too holy to be spoken of.

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

7. What change to the festival pageant does Taita protest?
(a) The removal of his main speech.
(b) The fact that Lord Intef now gets credit for the pageant.
(c) The live execution of a thief.
(d) Pharaoh's place in the audience.

8. Why does Taita keep separate from the crowds?
(a) He is too busy taking care of Lostris.
(b) He is afraid of being trampled.
(c) He knows that palace cooks will prepare a special meal for him.
(d) He thinks he is better than they are.

9. How do Egyptians treat their women in comparison to surrounding nations?
(a) They largely ignore their women.
(b) They are the most merciful.
(c) They are the cruelest.
(d) They idolize their women.

10. How does Pharaoh treat Lostris?
(a) He is condescending to her because she is much younger.
(b) He treats her like a senior wife.
(c) He favors her because of her charm and wit.
(d) He ignores her because she will not sleep with him.

11. After Taita witnesses the lovers' kiss, what does Lostris demand of him?
(a) That he help them elope.
(b) That he convince Pharaoh to approve their marriage.
(c) That he never speak of that moment.
(d) That he convince her father to approve their marriage.

12. How are Taita's animals killed?
(a) With arrows.
(b) By starvation.
(c) With a jar of poisoned honey.
(d) With a jar of poisoned goat's milk.

13. Why was Taita made a eunuch when he was sixteen?
(a) He had refused to sacrifice to Lord Intef's favorite god.
(b) He had stolen several jewels from Lord Intef's treasury.
(c) He had been unfaithful to Lord Intef and slept with a slave girl.
(d) He had attempted to escape from the palace.

14. What gives Taita the right to speak sharply to Tanus when he and Lostris board the Breath of Horus?
(a) Tanus was rude to him first.
(b) He is Tanus's cousin.
(c) He was once Tanus's tutor.
(d) Tanus is a lowly soldier.

15. Why did Taita help Tanus enter the army?
(a) Tanus had only wanted to join the army.
(b) Taita could not afford to pay for his education.
(c) No rich man would sponsor his education.
(d) Tanus did not want to continue his schooling.

Short Answer Questions

1. During her feast to celebrate Taita, what gift does Lostris try to give him?

2. Contrary to Pharaoh's plans, why does Lostris set out to charm him?

3. How many wounded Shrikes does Taita care for after the battle?

4. Why does Nembet, the Great Lion of Egypt, become angry with Tanus?

5. After Lostris disappears from the festivities on the shore, where does Taita find her?

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