2. 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.

3. What surgery must Taita perform on Rasfer after the pageant?
(a) Removing splinters of an arrow.
(b) Setting a broken arm.
(c) Sewing up several sword wounds.
(d) Draining the brain of blood.

4. In order to thwart Pharaoh, what is Tanus's plan?
(a) To wean power gradually away from Pharaoh, who is weak.
(b) To elope with Lostris south to the land of Cush.
(c) To overthrow Lord Intef and raise a powerful army.
(d) To overthrow Pharaoh and become Pharaoh in his place.

5. What does Taita do the night Lostris is first called in to visit Pharaoh?
(a) Drinks a sleeping potion and goes to bed.
(b) Takes his night hawks hunting.
(c) Paces his own room in agitation.
(d) Plays a game with Aton outside the chamber.

6. Why does Pharaoh boast of Taita's abilities as a physician?
(a) Taita cured Pharaoh's ringworm.
(b) Taita made Lostris more fertile to carry a male child.
(c) Taita healed Pharaoh of pneumonia.
(d) Taita cured Pharaoh's impotence.

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

8. Why does Tanus send Taita away before the second battle?
(a) Taita is too faint-hearted to be much help.
(b) Tanus needs to prepare for another battle.
(c) Taita needs to take care of Lostris.
(d) Tanus is going into battle with only fifty men and no physician.

9. Why do crowds of people wait onshore for the boats to return?
(a) They are allowed to eat hippopotamus only then, during the feast of Osiris.
(b) They are concerned for the safety of the sailors.
(c) They cannot begin the feast of Osiris until Lostris returns.
(d) They want to welcome Lostris back home.

10. After Taita witnesses the lovers' kiss, what does Lostris demand of him?
(a) That he convince Pharaoh to approve their marriage.
(b) That he help them elope.
(c) That he never speak of that moment.
(d) That he convince her father to approve their marriage.

11. Who is the first Shrike willing to help Tanus in exchange for keeping his life?
(a) Gebel-Umm-Bahari.
(b) Khargi.
(c) Hui.
(d) Basti.

12. Who is Kratas?
(a) Tanus's chief lieutenant and Taita's close friend.
(b) The high priest of the goddess Hapi.
(c) The leader of the band of slave traders.
(d) A common soldier and Taita's close friend.

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

14. How does Taita explain his absence to Pharaoh?
(a) He says that he was on secret business for the goddess Hapi.
(b) He does not have a convincing reason.
(c) He says these things are too holy to be spoken of.
(d) He secretly tells Pharaoh everything that happened.

15. What happens when Taita approaches Lord Intef to explain Lostris's love for Tanus?
(a) Lord Intef threatens to kill Tanus.
(b) Lord Intef listens and approves.
(c) He is imprisoned.
(d) He is whipped.