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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Pharaoh boast of Taita's abilities as a physician?
(a) Taita healed Pharaoh of pneumonia.
(b) Taita cured Pharaoh's impotence.
(c) Taita made Lostris more fertile to carry a male child.
(d) Taita cured Pharaoh's ringworm.

2. In order to thwart Pharaoh, what is Tanus's plan?
(a) To elope with Lostris south to the land of Cush.
(b) To overthrow Pharaoh and become Pharaoh in his place.
(c) To overthrow Lord Intef and raise a powerful army.
(d) To wean power gradually away from Pharaoh, who is weak.

3. Who is bitterly saddened by what Taita displays over the harem wall?
(a) Lostris.
(b) Lord Intef.
(c) Taita himself.
(d) Tanus.

4. What invention of Taita's is Lostris thrilled with at her new home?
(a) More vivid paints for the interior murals.
(b) An interior water garden.
(c) A water-stool.
(d) A thatched barrazza.

5. How does Lostris treat the common people in the city?
(a) She treats them with respect but from a distance.
(b) She brings them food and visits with them.
(c) She takes advantage of them as her subjects.
(d) She does not even look at them when she rides through the streets.

Short Answer Questions

1. When will Pharaoh marry Lostris?

2. How is Lostris thrown from the Breath of Horus?

3. How does Taita fake his own death in order to search for Tanus?

4. How much time is Tanus given to restore order to the Upper Kingdom?

5. Why did Taita help Tanus enter the army?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Taita works the Mazes for Pharaoh, what does he see? Why does he lie to the king about what he sees? What might the effect have been if he didn't lie?

2. Why does Lostris want to die on her wedding night? Does Taita respond properly to her demands for poison? Why?

3. After Taita is whipped because he dares to petition for Lostris and Tanus's marriage, Lostris cares for his wounds. How does she reveal that she is still a child? What hope does the reader have that her marriage to Tanus will occur?

4. What are Taita's first descriptions of Lostris? How are his emotions different from what the reader might expect of a eunuch? How does it help explain his character?

5. What does Taita learn from his friend Tiamat about the Shrikes? How does this explain the destitution of Egypt and the weakness of Pharaoh?

6. Explain Tanus's bow Lanata. How does this story about the weapon reveal Tanus's character?

7. Throughout this first section, what evidence does Taita give that he is a favored slave? What was the cost of this favor?

8. Why is Lord Intef delighted to arrange the marriage between Lostris and Pharaoh? What plans does he reveal to Taita? How does even this brief interaction show Taita's unstable position in the court?

9. What is the significance of the double crown of Egypt? Why might Taita mention it so often when he describes Pharaoh?

10. When Taita disguises himself as a priest so that he is not recognized in his native city Thebes, how is he treated? What does this say about the Egyptian people's attitude toward their religion? What does this say about the priests' ethics?

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