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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 48-107.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the early-morning sunlight, how does Pharaoh appear?
(a) Grand and imposing.
(b) Unimportant and confused.
(c) Insignificant and slightly overweight.
(d) Majestic and composed.

2. Why does Taita help a shrieking woman at the riverside?
(a) Her son was killed in the hippopotamus hunt.
(b) She went into labor on the shore.
(c) Her daughter was eaten by a crocodile.
(d) Her daughter was abducted by slave traders.

3. What deity is both Lostris's patron and symbolized by the hippopotamus?
(a) Horus god of the Nile.
(b) Horus god the wind.
(c) Seth god of the underworld.
(d) Hapi goddess of the Nile.

4. Why did Taita help Tanus enter the army?
(a) Taita could not afford to pay for his education.
(b) No rich man would sponsor his education.
(c) Tanus did not want to continue his schooling.
(d) Tanus had only wanted to join the army.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Once he is seated on the ark carrying his coffin, what unprecedented thing does Pharaoh do?

3. What body parts are left inside a man when he is embalmed?

4. Why does Taita keep separate from the crowds?

5. Why does Taita conduct Pharaoh's tours of his treasuries?

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