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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When will Pharaoh marry Lostris?
(a) Exactly one month 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 year after the engagement is announced.

3. Why is Taita able to persuade Pharaoh of Lostris's illness on their wedding night?
(a) Pharaoh is older and has had many wives already.
(b) Pharaoh does not like Lostris any more than she likes him.
(c) Pharaoh is weary and does not want to see anyone.
(d) Taita's reputation as a physician reinforces any story he gives of sickness.

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

5. What does Tanus name as one of the single worst afflictions to settle on Egypt?
(a) The lack of a male heir to the throne.
(b) Pharaoh's tax collectors.
(c) The bands of slave traders.
(d) The black plague.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Pharaoh's primary concern for the future of his kingdom?

2. Why did Tanus name his bow Lanata?

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

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

5. What surgery must Taita perform on Rasfer after the pageant?

(see the answer key)

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