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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 351-404.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Taita returns to Lostris, why is she sick?
(a) She has barely eaten anything.
(b) The miscarriage of Pharaoh's child made her ill.
(c) She is sick with worry for Tanus.
(d) She has contracted malaria.

2. Why does Taita help a shrieking woman at the riverside?
(a) Her son was killed in the hippopotamus hunt.
(b) Her daughter was eaten by a crocodile.
(c) She went into labor on the shore.
(d) Her daughter was abducted by slave traders.

3. Why is Tanus's speech a surprise to his whole audience, especially Taita?
(a) He does not mention any modern problems or solutions.
(b) He praises his own god rather than Pharaoh's chosen god.
(c) He boldly names all the problems rampaging through Egypt.
(d) He repeatedly blames Pharaoh for the nation's problems.

4. Why is Taita filled with terror when he sees the dust cloud of the approaching enemy?
(a) He does not understand what could cause the dust cloud.
(b) He is afraid for the coming battle.
(c) He does not have time to warn Tanus before the enemy arrives.
(d) The picture matches his vision of destruction that would come to Egypt.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How are Taita's animals killed?

2. How much time is Tanus given to restore order to the Upper Kingdom?

3. Why does the queen not want her people to build a temple to Ammon-Ra?

4. Why does Lostris establish a dozen hospitals and hotels for poor people in Thebes?

5. Where do Taita and Lostris go when they want to talk privately?

(see the answer key)

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