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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pharaoh's palace is in the southernmost part of Egypt. What reason do some people give for this?
(a) To be farther away from Lord Intef.
(b) To be able to extend his borders south.
(c) To be closer to the mouth of the Nile, a holy place.
(d) To be as far as possible from the strife in the north.

2. When Tanus disappeared, to whom did he hand over his squadron and Pharaoh's seal?
(a) Taita.
(b) Safaga.
(c) Lord Intef.
(d) Kratas.

3. What is the name of Taita's friend who gives him information and supplies prior to the battle with the Shrikes?
(a) Kernit.
(b) Remrem.
(c) Tiamat.
(d) Safaga.

4. After leaving Thebes, where do Pharaoh and his court go?
(a) Elephantine Island.
(b) The land of Cush.
(c) Safaga.
(d) Memphis.

5. Who is bitterly saddened by what Taita displays over the harem wall?
(a) Lostris.
(b) Tanus.
(c) Taita himself.
(d) Lord Intef.

6. When will Pharaoh marry Lostris?
(a) As soon as she can prepare her retinue and travel to the capital.
(b) Exactly one year after the engagement is announced.
(c) Exactly one month after the engagement is announced.
(d) In two days: the same day that the engagement is announced.

7. Why does Taita implicitly trust Aton, the royal chamberlain?
(a) Pharaoh has spoken well of him.
(b) Aton also mourns at Lostris's marriage to Pharaoh.
(c) Aton has a good reputation in the palace.
(d) Aton is also a eunuch.

8. How does Taita fake his own death in order to search for Tanus?
(a) Lostris spread rumors that he was dead while he hid in her rooms for a month.
(b) He held an embalming ceremony for himself (the body was a stranger's).
(c) Sprinkled a cat's blood over a boat and left the boat to drift.
(d) Took a large dose of the sleeping potion.

9. When Taita explains Pharaoh's horoscope to Lostris, why does it give her hope?
(a) Pharaoh will be dead in five years.
(b) Tanus will rescue her in five years.
(c) She and Tanus will die and go to paradise together.
(d) Pharaoh will be dead within the year.

10. Why is Taita called the Elder Brother in the slave quarters?
(a) He cares for young slave girls after Lord Intef sleeps with them.
(b) He cares for young slave boys after Lord Intef sleeps with them.
(c) He cares for Lord Intef's wives during their many pregnancies.
(d) He looks out for all new slaves who are brought to the palace.

11. What is the name of the band of men who terrorize the Upper Kingdom?
(a) Akh-Seth.
(b) Kratas
(c) Shrikes.
(d) Men of Salitis.

12. Once Taita finds Tanus, how does he sober him up?
(a) Giving him a special potion to aid sobriety.
(b) Telling him stories of Lostris's new life to rouse him to action.
(c) Forcing him to drink water until he threw up.
(d) Dragging him out of the shack and dumping him in the river.

13. Why does Taita conduct Pharaoh's tours of his treasuries?
(a) Pharaoh remembered him from the pageant and requested that he lead.
(b) Lord Intef could not answer Pharaoh's questions.
(c) The priests could not answer Pharaoh's questions.
(d) None of the answers is correct.

14. How does the cobra get into Taita's room to attack him?
(a) Through a crack in the east wall.
(b) In a basket of pomegranates and mangoes.
(c) One of the slave boys brought it in.
(d) Rasfer brought it in secretly.

15. In the festival pageant, who plays the role of Seth, an evil god?
(a) Lord Intef.
(b) Tanus.
(c) Taita.
(d) Rasfer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Lostris thrown from the Breath of Horus?

2. What deity is both Lostris's patron and symbolized by the hippopotamus?

3. Of what crime does Pharaoh find Tanus guilty?

4. What does Shufti the baron offer Tanus in return for twenty of his "slave girls"?

5. What does "Lostris" mean?

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