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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 146-190.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did Tanus's father die an unhappy death?
(a) He had only one son and eight daughters.
(b) He was assassinated.
(c) His wife had died several years earlier.
(d) He was destitute and out of favor with Pharaoh.

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

4. Why does Taita conduct Pharaoh's tours of his treasuries?
(a) The priests could not answer Pharaoh's questions.
(b) None of the answers is correct.
(c) Pharaoh remembered him from the pageant and requested that he lead.
(d) Lord Intef could not answer Pharaoh's questions.

5. What does Tanus name as one of the single worst afflictions to settle on Egypt?
(a) The lack of a male heir to the throne.
(b) Pharaoh's tax collectors.
(c) The bands of slave traders.
(d) The black plague.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Taita do the night Lostris is first called in to visit Pharaoh?

2. In the festival pageant, who plays the role of Seth, an evil god?

3. Why does Nembet, the Great Lion of Egypt, become angry with Tanus?

4. How does Tanus get back into shape after his weeks of drinking and laziness?

5. Why do Taita and Tanus kill six Shrikes on the road?

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