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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 296-350.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the audience accept the bloody, gaudy pageant?
(a) With stunned silence.
(b) With horror.
(c) With wild enthusiasm.
(d) With holy terror.

2. How does Pharaoh treat Lostris?
(a) He favors her because of her charm and wit.
(b) He treats her like a senior wife.
(c) He is condescending to her because she is much younger.
(d) He ignores her because she will not sleep with him.

3. Why do Taita and Tanus kill six Shrikes on the road?
(a) They had attacked the two men.
(b) They had verbally threatened the two men.
(c) They had stolen a donkey.
(d) They had killed a family of three.

4. Why does Tanus send Taita away before the second battle?
(a) Tanus needs to prepare for another battle.
(b) Tanus is going into battle with only fifty men and no physician.
(c) Taita needs to take care of Lostris.
(d) Taita is too faint-hearted to be much help.

5. In the pageant duel with Rasfer, why does Tanus not kill Rasfer?
(a) He is afraid of Lord Intef's subsequent anger.
(b) He is afraid of shocking Pharaoh.
(c) Rasfer has already surrendered.
(d) He thinks Rasfer is wounded to the point of death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the ushabti that would be buried with Pharaoh when he died?

2. How does the cobra get into Taita's room to attack him?

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

4. Though Taita is an accomplished physician, what part of the human anatomy still confuses him (pg 88)?

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

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