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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 191- 243.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where do Taita and Lostris go when they want to talk privately?

3. Why does Shufti take so long to retaliate against Tanus and his band of men?

4. What gives Taita the right to speak sharply to Tanus when he and Lostris board the Breath of Horus?

5. What kind of horoscope does Pharaoh demand of Taita on his wedding night?

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