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

2. What proves that Lord Intef owned the chests of treasure hidden in his palace?
(a) The fact that they were hidden in his palace.
(b) None of the answers is correct.
(c) The hidden passageway to his rooms.
(d) His ring seal on the locks.

3. Why is Memnon awarded the Gold of Valour?
(a) He accompanies Lord Aqer's expedition.
(b) He leads the first raid of the Shilluk villages to capture slaves.
(c) He saves Tanus and Taita from a wounded bull elephant.
(d) He saves Tanus and Taita from being swept away in the river rapids.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the elephants are first injured?

2. Why are the Egyptians easily able to capture the Shilluk village in Cush?

3. Why is Taita valuable to Lord Intef?

4. What color does Lostris wear to prove she is a virgin bride?

5. Why did Lord Intef engineer the downfall of Lord Harrab, Tanus's father?

(see the answer key)

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