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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 405-444.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are the Shrike barons and Rasfer executed?
(a) Starved to death in their prison cells.
(b) Shot by a crew of archers.
(c) Nailed upside-down to the city gates.
(d) Thrown to the crocodiles.

2. When Tanus accuses Lord Intef of being the chief of the Shrikes, what is Lord Intef's reaction?
(a) He runs through the small sacristy door.
(b) He laughs.
(c) He begins denying everything vigorously.
(d) He stands silent.

3. How much time is Tanus given to restore order to the Upper Kingdom?
(a) Ten years.
(b) One year.
(c) Two years.
(d) Two months.

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

5. After Lostris gives birth to a daughter, how soon must Taita have another dream to explain another pregnancy?
(a) One year later.
(b) Two years later.
(c) Within the same year.
(d) Five years later.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Taita name the gnu illness?

2. What crude surgery does Taita perform to save the horses stricken with the gnu illness?

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

4. How is Tanus injured in the first elephant hunt?

5. In order to thwart Pharaoh, what is Tanus's plan?

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