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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 108-145.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what crime does Pharaoh find Tanus guilty?
(a) Revolt.
(b) Lying.
(c) Thievery.
(d) Treason.

2. What does Lostris ask from her father for a wedding gift?
(a) Five thousand gold rings.
(b) Taita.
(c) One hundred feddan of prime land.
(d) Tanus.

3. What is Pharaoh's primary concern for the future of his kingdom?
(a) That the kingdom is attacked by foreign armies.
(b) That he has no worthy male heir.
(c) That he has no male heir.
(d) That the kingdom is disintegrating from within.

4. Why did Lord Intef engineer the downfall of Lord Harrab, Tanus's father?
(a) Lord Harrab was corrupt in his land dealings with Lord Intef.
(b) Lord Harrab had cheated Lord Intef out of several thousand gold rings.
(c) Lord Intef was jealous of Lord Harrab's virtue, popularity, and wealth.
(d) Pharaoh had promised great riches to Lord Harrab.

5. After Lostris disappears from the festivities on the shore, where does Taita find her?
(a) In her own tent with Tanus.
(b) In the ship's stronghold.
(c) In Tanus's tent with him.
(d) In Hapi's temple with Tanus.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why did Taita help Tanus enter the army?

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

5. What does Taita conspicuously display over the harem wall the morning after Lostris's wedding?

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