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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Lostris thrown from the Breath of Horus?
(a) She is startled by Taita's shout and falls.
(b) She tries to duck Tanus's arrow and falls.
(c) The ship runs into the bull hippopotamus.
(d) The rowers take a curve too sharply.

2. What change to the festival pageant does Taita protest?
(a) Pharaoh's place in the audience.
(b) The removal of his main speech.
(c) The live execution of a thief.
(d) The fact that Lord Intef now gets credit for the pageant.

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

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

5. What happens when Taita approaches Lord Intef to explain Lostris's love for Tanus?
(a) Lord Intef threatens to kill Tanus.
(b) Lord Intef listens and approves.
(c) He is whipped.
(d) He is imprisoned.

Short Answer Questions

1. When will Pharaoh marry Lostris?

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

3. Why did Tanus's father die an unhappy death?

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

5. After Taita witnesses the lovers' kiss, what does Lostris demand of him?

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