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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Taita keep separate from the crowds?
(a) He knows that palace cooks will prepare a special meal for him.
(b) He is too busy taking care of Lostris.
(c) He thinks he is better than they are.
(d) He is afraid of being trampled.

3. When will Pharaoh marry Lostris?
(a) Exactly one year after the engagement is announced.
(b) As soon as she can prepare her retinue and travel to the capital.
(c) In two days: the same day that the engagement is announced.
(d) Exactly one month after the engagement is announced.

4. Once he is seated on the ark carrying his coffin, what unprecedented thing does Pharaoh do?
(a) Acknowledge the praise of the crowds.
(b) Help Lostris into the seat beside him.
(c) Beckon Taita, the slave, into the seat beside him.
(d) Spurn the praise of the crowds.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the ushabti that would be buried with Pharaoh when he died?

2. Why is Taita nervous about the pageant at the end of the festival?

3. Why do crowds of people wait onshore for the boats to return?

4. How is Lostris thrown from the Breath of Horus?

5. Why does Taita help a shrieking woman at the riverside?

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