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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 do the Egyptians begin to flee toward their ships away from the Hyksos?
(a) When Tanus calls them to retreat.
(b) When the battle changes to a massacre.
(c) When the men in front begin stampeding toward the back.
(d) When Pharaoh is hit with an arrow.

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) Pharaoh's place in the audience.
(d) The removal of his main speech.

3. How does Tanus get back into shape after his weeks of drinking and laziness?
(a) Fighting the Shrikes on the road.
(b) Three weeks' worth of sword practice.
(c) Two weeks' worth of difficult training.
(d) A four-day march with his regiment.

4. What does Tanus name as one of the single worst afflictions to settle on Egypt?
(a) Pharaoh's tax collectors.
(b) The black plague.
(c) The bands of slave traders.
(d) The lack of a male heir to the throne.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Taita approaches Lord Intef to explain Lostris's love for Tanus?

2. How does Pharaoh spend the treasure he recovered from Lord Intef?

3. What moment does Taita mark as the turning point in Egypt's history away from despair?

4. Why do the Egyptians want to meet the Cush people?

5. What does Taita do before he tells Pharaoh that Lostris is pregnant again?

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