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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After leaving Thebes, where do Pharaoh and his court go?
(a) The land of Cush.
(b) Elephantine Island.
(c) Memphis.
(d) Safaga.

2. Why is Tanus's speech a surprise to his whole audience, especially Taita?
(a) He repeatedly blames Pharaoh for the nation's problems.
(b) He does not mention any modern problems or solutions.
(c) He praises his own god rather than Pharaoh's chosen god.
(d) He boldly names all the problems rampaging through Egypt.

3. Why is Taita nervous about the pageant at the end of the festival?
(a) Lostris has not learned her lines properly.
(b) He must direct the play.
(c) He is playing the main role of Horus.
(d) He wrote a new script to replace the thousand-year-old version.

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

5. What surgery must Taita perform on Rasfer after the pageant?
(a) Setting a broken arm.
(b) Draining the brain of blood.
(c) Sewing up several sword wounds.
(d) Removing splinters of an arrow.

Short Answer Questions

1. In order to thwart Pharaoh, what is Tanus's plan?

2. After Lostris disappears from the festivities on the shore, where does Taita find her?

3. What invention of Taita's is Lostris thrilled with at her new home?

4. What is the symbol of Pharaoh's power?

5. To what army regiment does Tanus belong?

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