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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What kind of horoscope does Pharaoh demand of Taita on his wedding night?
(a) Interpreting the scrolls of his birth.
(b) Working the Mazes.
(c) Reading the stars.
(d) Casting lots.

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

4. How does Taita map out the Nile as the ships travel on it?
(a) By counting how many times a chariot wheel turns along the bank, paralleling the ship.
(b) By improving the maps made by previous travelers.
(c) By tracking the varying river depths.
(d) By measuring their placement according to the stars.

5. Why does Lostris want to drink poison on her wedding night?
(a) So she can become sick and delay going to Pharaoh's bed.
(b) So she can die and wait for Tanus on the other side.
(c) So she can die and stop existing.
(d) To become ill so Pharaoh will pay more attention to her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lord Intef escape his execution with the Shrike barons?

2. What does Lostris ask from her father for a wedding gift?

3. What proves that Lord Intef owned the chests of treasure hidden in his palace?

4. While Lostris is pregnant, what is the one thing she asks for that she does not get?

5. What does Pharaoh give Lostris after she gives birth to a male heir?

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