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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Lord Intef engineer the downfall of Lord Harrab, Tanus's father?
(a) Lord Intef was jealous of Lord Harrab's virtue, popularity, and wealth.
(b) Lord Harrab was corrupt in his land dealings with Lord Intef.
(c) Pharaoh had promised great riches to Lord Harrab.
(d) Lord Harrab had cheated Lord Intef out of several thousand gold rings.

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

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

4. After Lostris disappears from the festivities on the shore, where does Taita find her?
(a) In Hapi's temple with Tanus.
(b) In the ship's stronghold.
(c) In her own tent with Tanus.
(d) In Tanus's tent with him.

5. Why was Taita made a eunuch when he was sixteen?
(a) He had refused to sacrifice to Lord Intef's favorite god.
(b) He had attempted to escape from the palace.
(c) He had been unfaithful to Lord Intef and slept with a slave girl.
(d) He had stolen several jewels from Lord Intef's treasury.

6. 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.

7. Once he is seated on the ark carrying his coffin, what unprecedented thing does Pharaoh do?
(a) Help Lostris into the seat beside him.
(b) Acknowledge the praise of the crowds.
(c) Spurn the praise of the crowds.
(d) Beckon Taita, the slave, into the seat beside him.

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

9. Where does Tanus wait while Taita gathers supplies for their upcoming battle against the Shrikes?
(a) In the hunting lodge where Taita found him.
(b) In his own house in Thebes.
(c) In the royal palace.
(d) In the village of Safaga.

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

11. What does Taita conspicuously display over the harem wall the morning after Lostris's wedding?
(a) Pharaoh's seal symbolizing his approval of Lostris.
(b) Lostris's blood-stained wedding skirt.
(c) The flowers that had been in Lostris's hair the day before.
(d) A blood-stained sheet from Lostris's bed.

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

13. Why did Tanus's father die an unhappy death?
(a) He was destitute and out of favor with Pharaoh.
(b) He had only one son and eight daughters.
(c) His wife had died several years earlier.
(d) He was assassinated.

14. What are the ushabti that would be buried with Pharaoh when he died?
(a) Carved dolls of various craftsmen that would accompany him to the next world.
(b) His favorite wives and concubines.
(c) Vast treasures of wealth that he accumulated in life.
(d) Carved likenesses of all his children, who are his legacy.

15. What does Tanus name as one of the single worst afflictions to settle on Egypt?
(a) The bands of slave traders.
(b) The lack of a male heir to the throne.
(c) The black plague.
(d) Pharaoh's tax collectors.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the cobra get into Taita's room to attack him?

2. Why is Taita able to persuade Pharaoh of Lostris's illness on their wedding night?

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

4. What is the name of the band of men who terrorize the Upper Kingdom?

5. How are Taita's animals killed?

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