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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Memnon's reaction to the hunt?
(a) He becomes bloodthirsty.
(b) He kneels in the plain and cries.
(c) He has tears in his eyes.
(d) He is stone-faced and silent.

2. How does Pharaoh spend the treasure he recovered from Lord Intef?
(a) He sends half of it to the temple of Horus.
(b) He pays the troops for the past year that they have not been paid.
(c) Half of it goes into his tomb.
(d) He awards a quarter of it to Tanus.

3. How old is Prince Memnon when a messenger brings news of the fall of the Lower Kingdom?
(a) Five months old.
(b) Twenty-one years old.
(c) One month old.
(d) Five years old.

4. How does Lostris ensure that Tanus is a part of her son's life?
(a) By hiring him as one of the royal tutors.
(b) By sending her son to live with him.
(c) None of the answers is correct.
(d) By ordering him to report directly to her.

5. What is the constant problem with the first chariots?
(a) The chariots are very heavy.
(b) The wheels fall off.
(c) The men cannot drive the horses.
(d) The horses are scared of them.

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

7. 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 wants to ensure the embalming is done properly.
(d) He is afraid to face the queen's grief.

8. According to ancient Egyptian belief, what causes the Nile to flood?
(a) The god Horus turns dust into water drops.
(b) The god Hapi pours out water from two jars.
(c) Pharaoh's sacrifices bring about the flood.
(d) The sun generates water as well as heat.

9. Why is Memnon awarded the Gold of Valour?
(a) He accompanies Lord Aqer's expedition.
(b) He saves Tanus and Taita from being swept away in the river rapids.
(c) He leads the first raid of the Shilluk villages to capture slaves.
(d) He saves Tanus and Taita from a wounded bull elephant.

10. What is Pharaoh's last wish to Lostris?
(a) That she finish his tomb and bury him according to The Book of the Dead.
(b) That she find Lord Intef and bring him to justice.
(c) That she hand over power to Memnon immediately.
(d) That she rally the nation and defeat the Hyksos.

11. Just past the fourth cataract, what do the Egyptians encounter for the first time in their lives?
(a) Hunger.
(b) Snow.
(c) Trees.
(d) Rain.

12. What happens when the elephants are first injured?
(a) They lose a lot of blood and become weak.
(b) They huddle together to protect each other.
(c) They become furious and destructive.
(d) They soon lose their will to live.

13. What does Memnon argue so that he can go hunting with Taita and the other charioteers?
(a) Queen Lostris gave him permission to accompany Taita.
(b) He deserves to be with the hunters rather than the women.
(c) He is the crown prince and should lead his people.
(d) He needs to practice his hunting skills.

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

15. How are the Shrike barons and Rasfer executed?
(a) Nailed upside-down to the city gates.
(b) Shot by a crew of archers.
(c) Thrown to the crocodiles.
(d) Starved to death in their prison cells.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lord Intef die?

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

3. What happens to the reward that Pharaoh gives to Taita?

4. Why does Taita think he deserves to be called the best artist in all the land?

5. Why does Lostris disapprove of Memnon's marriage to Masara?

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