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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When some passengers are reluctant to travel south into Africa, where do they disembark?
(a) At Elephantine Island.
(b) At the first cataract.
(c) At Thebes.
(d) At the southern border.

2. After he is captured by Arkoun, why is Taita revered?
(a) He demonstrates his medical skill on his own arrow wound.
(b) He shows them maps of the Nile, which they could not draw.
(c) He gives them all the gold he was carrying.
(d) He can speak their language, which is simple.

3. How does Taita remove the arrow from Pharaoh's chest?
(a) By pushing it through his body.
(b) By pulling it out quickly.
(c) By gently working it backward.
(d) With greased spoons.

4. Why is Taita filled with terror when he sees the dust cloud of the approaching enemy?
(a) The picture matches his vision of destruction that would come to Egypt.
(b) He does not understand what could cause the dust cloud.
(c) He is afraid for the coming battle.
(d) He does not have time to warn Tanus before the enemy arrives.

5. Why does Taita think he deserves to be called the best artist in all the land?
(a) Because of his painted murals.
(b) Because of his writing prowess.
(c) Because of his clay pots.
(d) Because of his medicinal skills.

6. Why does the queen not want her people to build a temple to Ammon-Ra?
(a) She wants them to remain travelers.
(b) There are not enough raw materials in the area.
(c) She already built a temple to Hapi.
(d) She does not worship Ammon-Ra.

7. What gift does Taita leave on Tanus's coffin before the tomb is sealed?
(a) His bow Lanata.
(b) A statue of Lostris.
(c) A carving of Tanus's likeness.
(d) The blue sword.

8. How does Pharaoh react to the accusations of Lord Intef's guilt?
(a) He condemns Lord Intef immediately.
(b) He wavers, wanting the accusations to be false.
(c) He forgives Lord Intef after only a few moments.
(d) He gives Lord Intef one year to prove himself innocent.

9. What would happen if Lostris bore the illegitimate child of another man?
(a) She would be ostracized from society.
(b) She would be beheaded.
(c) She would not be allowed to keep the child.
(d) She would lose the crown.

10. Why does Taita wait with Tanus's body the full forty days of embalming?
(a) Memnon wants him to ensure the body is safely transported.
(b) He is also preparing Tanus's tomb to receive his body.
(c) He is afraid to face the queen's grief.
(d) He wants to ensure the embalming is done properly.

11. How does the goddess Hapi answer the travelers' prayers at the beginning of their voyage?
(a) They do not lose any ships in the first cataract.
(b) The Hyksos do not attack them again.
(c) The Nile floods several weeks late.
(d) The Nile floods several weeks early.

12. 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) Finding out more about the enemy from the east before engaging in battle.
(c) Traveling to the northern border to meet them head-on.
(d) Waiting for them in Thebes and gathering greater forces.

13. What does Pharaoh give Lostris after she gives birth to a male heir?
(a) A place for her coffin next to his in the tomb.
(b) Half of the treasure he had planned for his tomb.
(c) A new palace along the edge of the Nile.
(d) Precedence among all his wives and the title of Queen.

14. What happens when Memnon sees Masara again?
(a) He falls to his knees in worship.
(b) He does not recognize her.
(c) He blushes and cannot speak.
(d) He offers to make her queen of Egypt.

15. Why is Taita able to build an experimental squadron of chariots?
(a) Tanus thinks the chariots are the only way to vanquish the Hyksos.
(b) Tanus believes strongly in the military potential of the chariots.
(c) Lostris is too proud to back down after she gave him the order.
(d) Taita is too stubborn to stop experimenting.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Arkoun die?

2. After setting up the stone monument, why does the queen give Taita the Gold of Praise?

3. How old is Prince Memnon when a messenger brings news of the fall of the Lower Kingdom?

4. How are the Shrike barons and Rasfer executed?

5. Who enticed the Hyksos to attack Thebes with promises of treasure?

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