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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Lostris when she becomes queen?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Twenty-one.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Forty-five.

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

3. How are the Hyksos a backward people, according to Taita?
(a) They serve savage gods.
(b) Their means of warfare are primitive.
(c) They cannot read or write.
(d) Their women are treated like slaves.

4. What does Taita do before he tells Pharaoh that Lostris is pregnant again?
(a) He tells Tanus that the child is really his.
(b) He casts the horoscope to see if the child will be born under good stars.
(c) He consults the oracles to see if the child will be a boy.
(d) He offers sacrifices of thanks at the temple of Hapi.

5. Why are Lord Nembet and most of his men killed by the Hyksos?
(a) Lord Nembet had not trained them well.
(b) The men were poor archers.
(c) Lord Nembet laughed at Tanus's warning letter.
(d) The men were sailors not warriors.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does the goddess Hapi answer the travelers' prayers at the beginning of their voyage?

4. Just past the fourth cataract, what do the Egyptians encounter for the first time in their lives?

5. What proves that Lord Intef owned the chests of treasure hidden in his palace?

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