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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is ironic about the double crown of Egypt that Pharaoh wears?
(a) The crown is merely a symbol of history, not of power.
(b) Lord Intef wears an identical crown.
(c) He does not deserve to wear the crown.
(d) The Lower Kingdom does not acknowledge his rule.

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

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

5. What deity is both Lostris's patron and symbolized by the hippopotamus?
(a) Horus god the wind.
(b) Seth god of the underworld.
(c) Horus god of the Nile.
(d) Hapi goddess of the Nile.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How are Taita's animals killed?

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

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

5. Contrary to Pharaoh's plans, why does Lostris set out to charm him?

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