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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 color does Memnon choose as the royal color?
(a) Purple.
(b) Gold.
(c) Blue.
(d) Scarlet.

2. Contrary to Pharaoh's plans, why does Lostris set out to charm him?
(a) To win his love and eventually marriage.
(b) To win his favor for Tanus.
(c) To win freedom for Taita.
(d) To win favor for her father.

3. What idea of Tanus's is shot down in the military council?
(a) Leaving the women and children by the Nile and traveling east to meet the enemy.
(b) Traveling to the northern border to meet them head-on.
(c) Finding out more about the enemy from the east before engaging in battle.
(d) Waiting for them in Thebes and gathering greater forces.

4. What does Shufti the baron offer Tanus in return for twenty of his "slave girls"?
(a) A letter of safe passage.
(b) A thousand gold rings.
(c) A shrike bird feather.
(d) His protection.

5. Just past the fourth cataract, what do the Egyptians encounter for the first time in their lives?
(a) Snow.
(b) Trees.
(c) Hunger.
(d) Rain.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Lostris pass the regency on to Memnon?

2. What is the name of the place where the two rivers meet?

3. What invention of Taita's is Lostris thrilled with at her new home?

4. How are the Shrike barons and Rasfer executed?

5. Who is Kratas?

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