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

2. Why does Lostris establish a dozen hospitals and hotels for poor people in Thebes?
(a) Because Taita encouraged her to do it.
(b) Because it was her father's last wish.
(c) Because she is bored and lonely.
(d) Because Tanus had been generous with the military veterans.

3. Why does Taita implicitly trust Aton, the royal chamberlain?
(a) Aton is also a eunuch.
(b) Aton has a good reputation in the palace.
(c) Pharaoh has spoken well of him.
(d) Aton also mourns at Lostris's marriage to Pharaoh.

4. How does Lostris ensure that Tanus is a part of her son's life?
(a) None of the answers is correct.
(b) By ordering him to report directly to her.
(c) By hiring him as one of the royal tutors.
(d) By sending her son to live with him.

5. What happens when the elephants are first injured?
(a) They become furious and destructive.
(b) They lose a lot of blood and become weak.
(c) They huddle together to protect each other.
(d) They soon lose their will to live.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the warriors who are coming from the east?

2. Why is Memnon awarded the Gold of Valour?

3. Just past the fourth cataract, what do the Egyptians encounter for the first time in their lives?

4. What task does Queen Lostris give to Lord Aqer?

5. When Tanus enters the temple of Osiris, what is the crowd's reaction?

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