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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 Tanus enters the temple of Osiris, what is the crowd's reaction?
(a) Worship.
(b) Rejection.
(c) Scorn.
(d) Disbelief.

2. How does the cobra get into Taita's room to attack him?
(a) Rasfer brought it in secretly.
(b) In a basket of pomegranates and mangoes.
(c) One of the slave boys brought it in.
(d) Through a crack in the east wall.

3. Who enticed the Hyksos to attack Thebes with promises of treasure?
(a) Hui.
(b) Lord Intef.
(c) Salitis.
(d) Pharaoh.

4. What color does Lostris wear to prove she is a virgin bride?
(a) Gold like the sun.
(b) White like a pure heart.
(c) Red like fine wine.
(d) Blue like water lilies.

5. Why did Lord Intef engineer the downfall of Lord Harrab, Tanus's father?
(a) Lord Harrab was corrupt in his land dealings with Lord Intef.
(b) Lord Harrab had cheated Lord Intef out of several thousand gold rings.
(c) Lord Intef was jealous of Lord Harrab's virtue, popularity, and wealth.
(d) Pharaoh had promised great riches to Lord Harrab.

Short Answer Questions

1. What deity is both Lostris's patron and symbolized by the hippopotamus?

2. Why does Lostris wait in the palace as the Hyksos approach?

3. What does Shufti the baron offer Tanus in return for twenty of his "slave girls"?

4. What does Memnon argue so that he can go hunting with Taita and the other charioteers?

5. When will Pharaoh marry Lostris?

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