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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 146-190.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) His wife had died several years earlier.
(d) He was assassinated.

3. In the festival pageant, who plays the role of Seth, an evil god?
(a) Lord Intef.
(b) Tanus.
(c) Rasfer.
(d) Taita.

4. How does Tanus get back into shape after his weeks of drinking and laziness?
(a) Three weeks' worth of sword practice.
(b) Fighting the Shrikes on the road.
(c) Two weeks' worth of difficult training.
(d) A four-day march with his regiment.

5. How are Taita's animals killed?
(a) By starvation.
(b) With a jar of poisoned goat's milk.
(c) With a jar of poisoned honey.
(d) With arrows.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a beggar boy asks for alms from Taita, what does Taita give him?

2. How does Lostris treat the common people in the city?

3. In order to thwart Pharaoh, what is Tanus's plan?

4. How do Egyptians treat their women in comparison to surrounding nations?

5. How did Lostris first gain her knowledge of the outdoors?

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