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

2. At the beginning of the long voyage south, what is Memnon's favorite toy?
(a) Taita's unused scrolls.
(b) His colt.
(c) His building blocks.
(d) His bow and arrows.

3. What does Lostris tell Taita, as she lies dying?
(a) She has only loved two men: Tanus and him.
(b) She loves him as a father.
(c) She wishes he were Memnon's father.
(d) She loves Pharaoh more than him.

4. How do the citizens of Thebes respond when Memnon's men call them to arms?
(a) They flee, thinking Memnon's men are hostile.
(b) They immediately kill their Hyksos officers.
(c) They are cowardly and slavish rather than brave.
(d) They refuse to turn against their established leader.

5. What does Pharaoh give Lostris after she gives birth to a male heir?
(a) Precedence among all his wives and the title of Queen.
(b) A new palace along the edge of the Nile.
(c) A place for her coffin next to his in the tomb.
(d) Half of the treasure he had planned for his tomb.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lord Intef escape his execution with the Shrike barons?

2. How does Taita remove the arrow from Pharaoh's chest?

3. What color does Memnon choose as the royal color?

4. Why do the Hyksos pass by their victims rather than running straight into them?

5. Why are Lord Nembet and most of his men killed by the Hyksos?

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