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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Why do crowds of people wait onshore for the boats to return?
(a) They cannot begin the feast of Osiris until Lostris returns.
(b) They want to welcome Lostris back home.
(c) They are concerned for the safety of the sailors.
(d) They are allowed to eat hippopotamus only then, during the feast of Osiris.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What deity is both Lostris's patron and symbolized by the hippopotamus?

3. Contrary to Pharaoh's plans, why does Lostris set out to charm him?

4. What is ironic about the double crown of Egypt that Pharaoh wears?

5. How does the audience accept the bloody, gaudy pageant?

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