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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 do Egyptians treat their women in comparison to surrounding nations?
(a) They are the cruelest.
(b) They are the most merciful.
(c) They idolize their women.
(d) They largely ignore their women.

2. When Tanus accuses Lord Intef of being the chief of the Shrikes, what is Lord Intef's reaction?
(a) He stands silent.
(b) He runs through the small sacristy door.
(c) He begins denying everything vigorously.
(d) He laughs.

3. When a beggar boy asks for alms from Taita, what does Taita give him?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A date fruit that changes to a scorpion.
(c) A date fruit that changes to two date fruits.
(d) A date fruit that changes to a stone.

4. Why is Taita able to build an experimental squadron of chariots?
(a) Taita is too stubborn to stop experimenting.
(b) Lostris is too proud to back down after she gave him the order.
(c) Tanus thinks the chariots are the only way to vanquish the Hyksos.
(d) Tanus believes strongly in the military potential of the chariots.

5. What is a large part of a physician's training?
(a) Learning how to save a warrior at all cost.
(b) Learning how to be gentle with wounded patients.
(c) Learning how to deal with battle wounds.
(d) Learning the appropriate healing chants.

Short Answer Questions

1. After passing the first cataract, what animal do Taita and his charioteers hunt?

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

3. While Lostris is pregnant, what is the one thing she asks for that she does not get?

4. Why does Taita help a shrieking woman at the riverside?

5. How does Taita conquer Shufti?

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