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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are the Hyksos a backward people, according to Taita?
(a) Their women are treated like slaves.
(b) They serve savage gods.
(c) They cannot read or write.
(d) Their means of warfare are primitive.

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

3. When does Memnon first see Masara, prisoner of the Ethiopian king Arkoun?
(a) When she is sitting at the edge of the camp with her four jailers.
(b) When she is playing bao board with the king.
(c) When she is bathing on the banks of the Nile.
(d) When she is walking along the sandy shore of the Nile.

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

5. Following the battle with the Hyksos, what did Tanus do that caused him great grief?
(a) Burned the bodies of five thousand faithful soldiers who were killed.
(b) Said goodbye to the dying Pharaoh for the last time.
(c) Said goodbye to Lostris for the next three months.
(d) Burned half his ships because he no longer had men to pilot them.

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

7. Why are the Egyptians easily able to capture the Shilluk village in Cush?
(a) The men are out on the plain hunting oryx.
(b) The village is small and insignificant.
(c) The people are not hunters and thus not prepared to defend themselves.
(d) The people had been betrayed by their chief.

8. After passing the first cataract, what animal do Taita and his charioteers hunt?
(a) Gnu.
(b) Oryx.
(c) Elephants.
(d) Deer.

9. What is a large part of a physician's training?
(a) Learning how to save a warrior at all cost.
(b) Learning how to deal with battle wounds.
(c) Learning how to be gentle with wounded patients.
(d) Learning the appropriate healing chants.

10. What happens to the reward that Pharaoh gives to Taita?
(a) Taita buys several pieces of land with it.
(b) It goes to Lostris instead.
(c) Taita wastes it.
(d) Pharaoh takes it back within a week.

11. What gift does Tanus give to Memnon before he dies?
(a) The Gold of Praise.
(b) The blue sword.
(c) The knowledge of his paternity.
(d) The kingship.

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

13. How long is Taita imprisoned by King Arkoun?
(a) One year.
(b) Two years.
(c) Five years.
(d) Two months.

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

15. 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 needs to practice his hunting skills.
(c) He deserves to be with the hunters rather than the women.
(d) He is the crown prince and should lead his people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the warriors who are coming from the east?

2. At the beginning of the long voyage south, what is Memnon's favorite toy?

3. How does Taita map out the Nile as the ships travel on it?

4. When Tanus enters the temple of Osiris, what is the crowd's reaction?

5. Where is Arkoun's castle?

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