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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 495-528.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What body parts are left inside a man when he is embalmed?
(a) The heart and kidneys.
(b) The liver and stomach.
(c) The lungs and brain.
(d) The heart and lungs.

2. As he lies dying, what are the last words that Pharaoh speaks?
(a) Passages from the Book of the Dead.
(b) Incantation against evil spirits.
(c) Words of love to Queen Lostris.
(d) Prayers for a safe journey into paradise.

3. Once he is seated on the ark carrying his coffin, what unprecedented thing does Pharaoh do?
(a) Spurn the praise of the crowds.
(b) Acknowledge the praise of the crowds.
(c) Beckon Taita, the slave, into the seat beside him.
(d) Help Lostris into the seat beside him.

4. When Taita works the Mazes of Ammon-Ra to receive guidance about the Hyksos problem, how does his vision begin?
(a) With a forest of crowned trees.
(b) With the sound of thunder.
(c) With a long green snake.
(d) With the goddess Hapi.

5. Where in Lostris's body does the wasting disease live?
(a) In her brain.
(b) In her womb.
(c) Against her lung.
(d) In her right leg.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Taita do the night Lostris is first called in to visit Pharaoh?

2. During her feast to celebrate Taita, what gift does Lostris try to give him?

3. How does Tanus get back into shape after his weeks of drinking and laziness?

4. Why is Taita filled with terror when he sees the dust cloud of the approaching enemy?

5. What happens when Memnon sees Masara again?

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