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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are the Egyptians easily able to capture the Shilluk village in Cush?
(a) The people had been betrayed by their chief.
(b) The village is small and insignificant.
(c) The people are not hunters and thus not prepared to defend themselves.
(d) The men are out on the plain hunting oryx.

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

3. How are Taita's animals killed?
(a) With arrows.
(b) With a jar of poisoned goat's milk.
(c) With a jar of poisoned honey.
(d) By starvation.

4. What happens to the reward that Pharaoh gives to Taita?
(a) Pharaoh takes it back within a week.
(b) Taita wastes it.
(c) Taita buys several pieces of land with it.
(d) It goes to Lostris instead.

5. When Taita explains Pharaoh's horoscope to Lostris, why does it give her hope?
(a) Tanus will rescue her in five years.
(b) Pharaoh will be dead in five years.
(c) Pharaoh will be dead within the year.
(d) She and Tanus will die and go to paradise together.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Memnon awarded the Gold of Valour?

2. Why does Lostris want to drink poison on her wedding night?

3. What is the name of the place where the two rivers meet?

4. Why does Lostris establish a dozen hospitals and hotels for poor people in Thebes?

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

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