View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Pharaoh spend the treasure he recovered from Lord Intef?
(a) He sends half of it to the temple of Horus.
(b) He awards a quarter of it to Tanus.
(c) Half of it goes into his tomb.
(d) He pays the troops for the past year that they have not been paid.

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

3. In order to thwart Pharaoh, what is Tanus's plan?
(a) To overthrow Lord Intef and raise a powerful army.
(b) To overthrow Pharaoh and become Pharaoh in his place.
(c) To wean power gradually away from Pharaoh, who is weak.
(d) To elope with Lostris south to the land of Cush.

4. What is the symbol of Pharaoh's power?
(a) An enormous golden ring.
(b) A blue hawk seal.
(c) The Gold of Praise.
(d) A red falcon seal.

5. What does Taita conspicuously display over the harem wall the morning after Lostris's wedding?
(a) Lostris's blood-stained wedding skirt.
(b) Pharaoh's seal symbolizing his approval of Lostris.
(c) The flowers that had been in Lostris's hair the day before.
(d) A blood-stained sheet from Lostris's bed.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Of what crime does Pharaoh find Tanus guilty?

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

5. Who is bitterly saddened by what Taita displays over the harem wall?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 351 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample