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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the audience accept the bloody, gaudy pageant?
(a) With wild enthusiasm.
(b) With holy terror.
(c) With horror.
(d) With stunned silence.

2. What does Taita see at the end of Pharaoh's horoscope?
(a) A tree eaten by locusts and fallen to earth.
(b) A girl baby followed by a boy.
(c) Battles and bloodshed for one hundred years.
(d) A forest of trees, all bearing the double crown.

3. Why is Tanus's speech a surprise to his whole audience, especially Taita?
(a) He praises his own god rather than Pharaoh's chosen god.
(b) He boldly names all the problems rampaging through Egypt.
(c) He does not mention any modern problems or solutions.
(d) He repeatedly blames Pharaoh for the nation's problems.

4. What body parts are left inside a man when he is embalmed?
(a) The lungs and brain.
(b) The heart and lungs.
(c) The liver and stomach.
(d) The heart and kidneys.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Near the end of the wedding feast, what does Taita discover about Pharaoh's personality?

2. Why did Taita help Tanus enter the army?

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

4. Why was Taita made a eunuch when he was sixteen?

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

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