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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Lord Intef die?
(a) Lord Intef's men turn on him when they see that Pharaoh's treasure is gone.
(b) Tanus drives his sword through him.
(c) Lord Intef drowns in the Nile when his ship catches fire.
(d) Taita disembowels him with the wheel-knife of his chariot.

2. What gift does Taita leave on Tanus's coffin before the tomb is sealed?
(a) A statue of Lostris.
(b) A carving of Tanus's likeness.
(c) His bow Lanata.
(d) The blue sword.

3. How does Lord Intef escape his execution with the Shrike barons?
(a) He argues that his execution will tarnish his daughter's reputation forever.
(b) He poisons the guards and slips out a secret passageway.
(c) He buys his own life with half of his treasure.
(d) He pleads with Pharaoh for mercy.

4. How does Taita remove the arrow from Pharaoh's chest?
(a) By pulling it out quickly.
(b) By gently working it backward.
(c) With greased spoons.
(d) By pushing it through his body.

5. What does Pharaoh give Lostris after she gives birth to a male heir?
(a) Half of the treasure he had planned for his tomb.
(b) A new palace along the edge of the Nile.
(c) A place for her coffin next to his in the tomb.
(d) Precedence among all his wives and the title of Queen.

6. Why does Taita think he deserves to be called the best artist in all the land?
(a) Because of his medicinal skills.
(b) Because of his painted murals.
(c) Because of his writing prowess.
(d) Because of his clay pots.

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

8. How old is Prince Memnon when a messenger brings news of the fall of the Lower Kingdom?
(a) One month old.
(b) Twenty-one years old.
(c) Five years old.
(d) Five months old.

9. Why is Memnon awarded the Gold of Valour?
(a) He saves Tanus and Taita from a wounded bull elephant.
(b) He accompanies Lord Aqer's expedition.
(c) He leads the first raid of the Shilluk villages to capture slaves.
(d) He saves Tanus and Taita from being swept away in the river rapids.

10. Why does the queen not want her people to build a temple to Ammon-Ra?
(a) She wants them to remain travelers.
(b) There are not enough raw materials in the area.
(c) She does not worship Ammon-Ra.
(d) She already built a temple to Hapi.

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

12. What does Taita name the gnu illness?
(a) The Yellow Strangler.
(b) The Black Strangler.
(c) The Black Death.
(d) The Red Death.

13. When does Memnon first see Masara, prisoner of the Ethiopian king Arkoun?
(a) When she is walking along the sandy shore of the Nile.
(b) When she is bathing on the banks of the Nile.
(c) When she is sitting at the edge of the camp with her four jailers.
(d) When she is playing bao board with the king.

14. At the beginning of the long voyage south, what is Memnon's favorite toy?
(a) His bow and arrows.
(b) His building blocks.
(c) Taita's unused scrolls.
(d) His colt.

15. Why does Lostris establish a dozen hospitals and hotels for poor people in Thebes?
(a) Because it was her father's last wish.
(b) Because Taita encouraged her to do it.
(c) Because she is bored and lonely.
(d) Because Tanus had been generous with the military veterans.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to ancient Egyptian belief, what causes the Nile to flood?

2. For the end of the Osiris festival, what did Taita design and build?

3. After Lostris gives birth to a daughter, how soon must Taita have another dream to explain another pregnancy?

4. How are the Hyksos a backward people, according to Taita?

5. After passing the first cataract, what animal do Taita and his charioteers hunt?

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