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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 405-444.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Out of the thirteen barons, how many are killed in this first battle with Tanus?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Eleven.
(d) Nine.

2. How are the Shrike barons and Rasfer executed?
(a) Thrown to the crocodiles.
(b) Shot by a crew of archers.
(c) Nailed upside-down to the city gates.
(d) Starved to death in their prison cells.

3. Why does Taita conduct Pharaoh's tours of his treasuries?
(a) None of the answers is correct.
(b) Pharaoh remembered him from the pageant and requested that he lead.
(c) The priests could not answer Pharaoh's questions.
(d) Lord Intef could not answer Pharaoh's questions.

4. How old is Prince Memnon when a messenger brings news of the fall of the Lower Kingdom?
(a) Five months old.
(b) Twenty-one years old.
(c) Five years old.
(d) One month old.

5. How much loyalty does Tanus inspire in his men?
(a) About half of Tanus's regiment respects him.
(b) Only Kratas and Remrem respect him.
(c) Several men refuse promotions so they can remain in his regiment.
(d) Most of Tanus's soldiers are loyal to him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Memnon awarded the Gold of Valour?

2. What is ironic about the double crown of Egypt that Pharaoh wears?

3. Why did Lord Intef engineer the downfall of Lord Harrab, Tanus's father?

4. When a beggar boy asks for alms from Taita, what does Taita give him?

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

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