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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 change to the festival pageant does Taita protest?
(a) Pharaoh's place in the audience.
(b) The live execution of a thief.
(c) The removal of his main speech.
(d) The fact that Lord Intef now gets credit for the pageant.

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

3. When Taita explains Pharaoh's horoscope to Lostris, why does it give her hope?
(a) She and Tanus will die and go to paradise together.
(b) Tanus will rescue her in five years.
(c) Pharaoh will be dead in five years.
(d) Pharaoh will be dead within the year.

4. What happens when Taita approaches Lord Intef to explain Lostris's love for Tanus?
(a) He is imprisoned.
(b) Lord Intef listens and approves.
(c) He is whipped.
(d) Lord Intef threatens to kill Tanus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Taita keep separate from the crowds?

2. What kind of horoscope does Pharaoh demand of Taita on his wedding night?

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

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

5. Who is bitterly saddened by what Taita displays over the harem wall?

(see the answer key)

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