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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Taita valuable to Lord Intef?
(a) Taita has helped him win favor with Pharaoh.
(b) Taita is one of his favorite lovers.
(c) Taita knows all the dark secrets of Lord Intef's reign.
(d) Taita manages all his wealth.

2. To what army regiment does Tanus belong?
(a) The Blue Crocodiles.
(b) The Scarlet Sign.
(c) The Black Hippo.
(d) The Golden Sun.

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

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

5. Why do Taita and Tanus kill six Shrikes on the road?
(a) They had attacked the two men.
(b) They had killed a family of three.
(c) They had stolen a donkey.
(d) They had verbally threatened the two men.

6. Why does Taita help a shrieking woman at the riverside?
(a) She went into labor on the shore.
(b) Her son was killed in the hippopotamus hunt.
(c) Her daughter was abducted by slave traders.
(d) Her daughter was eaten by a crocodile.

7. What is the symbol of Pharaoh's power?
(a) The Gold of Praise.
(b) An enormous golden ring.
(c) A red falcon seal.
(d) A blue hawk seal.

8. Near the end of the wedding feast, what does Taita discover about Pharaoh's personality?
(a) He is a lewd man.
(b) He is a heartless man.
(c) He is incapable of loving anyone other than himself.
(d) He is a kind man.

9. Why does Nembet, the Great Lion of Egypt, become angry with Tanus?
(a) Tanus is allowed to present the city's greeting to Pharaoh.
(b) Tanus saves Pharaoh's ship because Nembet cannot.
(c) Tanus has recently become popular with all of Thebes.
(d) Tanus is revealed as next in line for the crown.

10. Why is Taita nervous about the pageant at the end of the festival?
(a) He is playing the main role of Horus.
(b) Lostris has not learned her lines properly.
(c) He must direct the play.
(d) He wrote a new script to replace the thousand-year-old version.

11. How much loyalty does Tanus inspire in his men?
(a) About half of Tanus's regiment respects him.
(b) Several men refuse promotions so they can remain in his regiment.
(c) Most of Tanus's soldiers are loyal to him.
(d) Only Kratas and Remrem respect him.

12. How does Taita conquer Shufti?
(a) Throws a brick at his head.
(b) Throws a spear at him.
(c) Bribes one of Shufti's men to capture him.
(d) Stabs him with his own sword.

13. How do Egyptians treat their women in comparison to surrounding nations?
(a) They are the most merciful.
(b) They are the cruelest.
(c) They largely ignore their women.
(d) They idolize their women.

14. What does Lostris ask from her father for a wedding gift?
(a) Five thousand gold rings.
(b) Taita.
(c) One hundred feddan of prime land.
(d) Tanus.

15. Where do Tanus and Lostris first sleep together?
(a) In Taita's bedroom one afternoon when he is gone.
(b) In the hunting cabin by the river.
(c) In his tent by the battlefield.
(d) In an empty hillside tomb.

Short Answer Questions

1. Out of the thirteen barons, how many are killed in this first battle with Tanus?

2. What does Taita see at the end of Pharaoh's horoscope?

3. What surgery must Taita perform on Rasfer after the pageant?

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

5. Who is the first Shrike willing to help Tanus in exchange for keeping his life?

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