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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Tanus disappeared, to whom did he hand over his squadron and Pharaoh's seal?
(a) Safaga.
(b) Lord Intef.
(c) Kratas.
(d) Taita.

3. During her feast to celebrate Taita, what gift does Lostris try to give him?
(a) New physician's tools.
(b) His own house apart from hers.
(c) Three new slave boys.
(d) His freedom.

4. What is the name of Taita's friend who gives him information and supplies prior to the battle with the Shrikes?
(a) Safaga.
(b) Kernit.
(c) Remrem.
(d) Tiamat.

5. Why is Taita nervous about the pageant at the end of the festival?
(a) He must direct the play.
(b) He is playing the main role of Horus.
(c) He wrote a new script to replace the thousand-year-old version.
(d) Lostris has not learned her lines properly.

6. How many wounded Shrikes does Taita care for after the battle?
(a) None.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Five.

7. What are the ushabti that would be buried with Pharaoh when he died?
(a) Carved dolls of various craftsmen that would accompany him to the next world.
(b) Carved likenesses of all his children, who are his legacy.
(c) His favorite wives and concubines.
(d) Vast treasures of wealth that he accumulated in life.

8. Why did Lord Intef engineer the downfall of Lord Harrab, Tanus's father?
(a) Pharaoh had promised great riches to Lord Harrab.
(b) Lord Harrab had cheated Lord Intef out of several thousand gold rings.
(c) Lord Intef was jealous of Lord Harrab's virtue, popularity, and wealth.
(d) Lord Harrab was corrupt in his land dealings with Lord Intef.

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

10. When will Pharaoh marry Lostris?
(a) As soon as she can prepare her retinue and travel to the capital.
(b) Exactly one month after the engagement is announced.
(c) Exactly one year after the engagement is announced.
(d) In two days: the same day that the engagement is announced.

11. 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 ignores her because she will not sleep with him.
(d) He favors her because of her charm and wit.

12. Near the end of the wedding feast, what does Taita discover about Pharaoh's personality?
(a) He is a kind man.
(b) He is a heartless man.
(c) He is a lewd man.
(d) He is incapable of loving anyone other than himself.

13. What does Taita conspicuously display over the harem wall the morning after Lostris's wedding?
(a) A blood-stained sheet from Lostris's bed.
(b) The flowers that had been in Lostris's hair the day before.
(c) Pharaoh's seal symbolizing his approval of Lostris.
(d) Lostris's blood-stained wedding skirt.

14. How do the soldiers respond when Tanus orders them to put on the dresses of slave girls?
(a) They refuse until Tanus threatens them.
(b) They refuse until they know why.
(c) They laugh and protest.
(d) They treat the moment like a game.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much loyalty does Tanus inspire in his men?

2. Why did Tanus name his bow Lanata?

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

4. Why is Taita valuable to Lord Intef?

5. Once he is seated on the ark carrying his coffin, what unprecedented thing does Pharaoh do?

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