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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 48-107.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the audience accept the bloody, gaudy pageant?
(a) With horror.
(b) With stunned silence.
(c) With wild enthusiasm.
(d) With holy terror.

2. Why did Tanus name his bow Lanata?
(a) It was his mother's name.
(b) It was his first girlfriend's name.
(c) It was Lostris's baby name.
(d) It was the Queen Mother's name.

3. In the pageant duel with Rasfer, why does Tanus not kill Rasfer?
(a) He thinks Rasfer is wounded to the point of death.
(b) He is afraid of shocking Pharaoh.
(c) Rasfer has already surrendered.
(d) He is afraid of Lord Intef's subsequent anger.

4. Why did Tanus's father die an unhappy death?
(a) His wife had died several years earlier.
(b) He had only one son and eight daughters.
(c) He was destitute and out of favor with Pharaoh.
(d) He was assassinated.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Taita made a eunuch when he was sixteen?

2. What does "Lostris" mean?

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

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

5. What deity is both Lostris's patron and symbolized by the hippopotamus?

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