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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What proves that Lord Intef owned the chests of treasure hidden in his palace?
(a) The hidden passageway to his rooms.
(b) None of the answers is correct.
(c) The fact that they were hidden in his palace.
(d) His ring seal on the locks.

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

3. Why do the Hyksos pass by their victims rather than running straight into them?
(a) The knives on their chariot wheels cut apart the men.
(b) They do not want to sacrifice their horses.
(c) They prefer to intimidate the troops first.
(d) They can lean over the chariot edge and engage in swordplay.

4. As he lies dying, what are the last words that Pharaoh speaks?
(a) Passages from the Book of the Dead.
(b) Words of love to Queen Lostris.
(c) Prayers for a safe journey into paradise.
(d) Incantation against evil spirits.

5. How far south had civilized man progressed, prior to this Egyptian journey?
(a) To the second cataract.
(b) To the source of the Nile.
(c) To the first cataract.
(d) To the southern border of Egypt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Pharaoh's last wish to Lostris?

2. How did Lostris first gain her knowledge of the outdoors?

3. When do the Egyptians begin to flee toward their ships away from the Hyksos?

4. Why does Taita conduct Pharaoh's tours of his treasuries?

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

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