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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 does Taita remove the arrow from Pharaoh's chest?
(a) With greased spoons.
(b) By pushing it through his body.
(c) By gently working it backward.
(d) By pulling it out quickly.

2. What deity is both Lostris's patron and symbolized by the hippopotamus?
(a) Hapi goddess of the Nile.
(b) Horus god the wind.
(c) Seth god of the underworld.
(d) Horus god of the Nile.

3. How does Pharaoh spend the treasure he recovered from Lord Intef?
(a) He awards a quarter of it to Tanus.
(b) Half of it goes into his tomb.
(c) He pays the troops for the past year that they have not been paid.
(d) He sends half of it to the temple of Horus.

4. Why does the queen not want her people to build a temple to Ammon-Ra?
(a) She does not worship Ammon-Ra.
(b) She already built a temple to Hapi.
(c) She wants them to remain travelers.
(d) There are not enough raw materials in the area.

5. For the end of the Osiris festival, what did Taita design and build?
(a) A small version of Pharaoh's home palace.
(b) A higher dais for Pharaoh's throne.
(c) A grander stage for the pageant.
(d) Scaffolding stands for people to sit in.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would happen if Lostris bore the illegitimate child of another man?

2. Though Taita is an accomplished physician, what part of the human anatomy still confuses him (pg 88)?

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

4. After Lostris disappears from the festivities on the shore, where does Taita find her?

5. Once he is seated on the ark carrying his coffin, what unprecedented thing does Pharaoh do?

(see the answer key)

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