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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 146-190.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What color does Lostris wear to prove she is a virgin bride?
(a) Red like fine wine.
(b) Gold like the sun.
(c) White like a pure heart.
(d) Blue like water lilies.

3. Though Taita is an accomplished physician, what part of the human anatomy still confuses him (pg 88)?
(a) The brain.
(b) The lungs.
(c) The veins.
(d) The heart.

4. Where does Tanus wait while Taita gathers supplies for their upcoming battle against the Shrikes?
(a) In the village of Safaga.
(b) In the royal palace.
(c) In the hunting lodge where Taita found him.
(d) In his own house in Thebes.

5. What kind of horoscope does Pharaoh demand of Taita on his wedding night?
(a) Interpreting the scrolls of his birth.
(b) Casting lots.
(c) Reading the stars.
(d) Working the Mazes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Pharaoh treat Lostris?

2. What does "Lostris" mean?

3. Why does Taita implicitly trust Aton, the royal chamberlain?

4. Why does Taita help a shrieking woman at the riverside?

5. What body parts are left inside a man when he is embalmed?

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