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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the ushabti that would be buried with Pharaoh when he died?
(a) Carved likenesses of all his children, who are his legacy.
(b) Carved dolls of various craftsmen that would accompany him to the next world.
(c) Vast treasures of wealth that he accumulated in life.
(d) His favorite wives and concubines.

2. 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) The priests could not answer Pharaoh's questions.
(d) Lord Intef could not answer Pharaoh's questions.

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

4. Why is Taita nervous about the pageant at the end of the festival?
(a) Lostris has not learned her lines properly.
(b) He must direct the play.
(c) He is playing the main role of Horus.
(d) He wrote a new script to replace the thousand-year-old version.

5. To what army regiment does Tanus belong?
(a) The Golden Sun.
(b) The Scarlet Sign.
(c) The Blue Crocodiles.
(d) The Black Hippo.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Tanus's speech a surprise to his whole audience, especially Taita?

3. Why is Taita called the Elder Brother in the slave quarters?

4. In the festival pageant, who plays the role of Seth, an evil god?

5. When Tanus disappeared, to whom did he hand over his squadron and Pharaoh's seal?

(see the answer key)

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