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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the Shrikes lose the battle?
(a) The leaders are quickly killed and the men cannot fight without leadership.
(b) They have Tanus at their faces and the "slave girls" at their backs.
(c) They are outnumbered.
(d) They come over the mountain pass too quickly.

2. Who is the first Shrike willing to help Tanus in exchange for keeping his life?
(a) Gebel-Umm-Bahari.
(b) Khargi.
(c) Basti.
(d) Hui.

3. Why is Taita able to persuade Pharaoh of Lostris's illness on their wedding night?
(a) Taita's reputation as a physician reinforces any story he gives of sickness.
(b) Pharaoh does not like Lostris any more than she likes him.
(c) Pharaoh is weary and does not want to see anyone.
(d) Pharaoh is older and has had many wives already.

4. What does Shufti the baron offer Tanus in return for twenty of his "slave girls"?
(a) His protection.
(b) A letter of safe passage.
(c) A shrike bird feather.
(d) A thousand gold rings.

5. Though Taita is an accomplished physician, what part of the human anatomy still confuses him (pg 88)?
(a) The veins.
(b) The brain.
(c) The lungs.
(d) The heart.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the band of men who terrorize the Upper Kingdom?

2. Pharaoh's palace is in the southernmost part of Egypt. What reason do some people give for this?

3. What is a large part of a physician's training?

4. What change to the festival pageant does Taita protest?

5. How much time is Tanus given to restore order to the Upper Kingdom?

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