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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much time is Tanus given to restore order to the Upper Kingdom?
(a) Two years.
(b) Two months.
(c) Ten years.
(d) One year.

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

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

4. How does Lostris ensure that Tanus is a part of her son's life?
(a) None of the answers is correct.
(b) By hiring him as one of the royal tutors.
(c) By ordering him to report directly to her.
(d) By sending her son to live with him.

5. 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) Help Lostris into the seat beside him.
(d) Beckon Taita, the slave, into the seat beside him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Taita not enter Thebes with Memnon after their victory?

2. When Tanus disappeared, to whom did he hand over his squadron and Pharaoh's seal?

3. After setting up the stone monument, why does the queen give Taita the Gold of Praise?

4. How does the audience accept the bloody, gaudy pageant?

5. Where does Tanus wait while Taita gathers supplies for their upcoming battle against the Shrikes?

(see the answer key)

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