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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How do Hui and Taita capture the runaway Hyksos horses?
(a) The men lure them with fresh barley.
(b) The men lasso them.
(c) The men herd them toward the Nile so that they are trapped.
(d) Taita sings to them.

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

4. As he lies dying, what are the last words that Pharaoh speaks?
(a) Passages from the Book of the Dead.
(b) Incantation against evil spirits.
(c) Prayers for a safe journey into paradise.
(d) Words of love to Queen Lostris.

5. How old is Lostris when she becomes queen?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Forty-five.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Twenty-one.

6. How far south had civilized man progressed, prior to this Egyptian journey?
(a) To the second cataract.
(b) To the first cataract.
(c) To the southern border of Egypt.
(d) To the source of the Nile.

7. What crude surgery does Taita perform to save the horses stricken with the gnu illness?
(a) Cuts a slit in their sides so the pus does not reach their lungs.
(b) Slits their nostrils so they can breathe.
(c) Cuts a hole in their windpipes and inserts a straw.
(d) Cuts out their tongues so they do not swallow them and choke.

8. How does Taita escape from Arkoun?
(a) He is swept away in the river when they are returning to the castle.
(b) He bribes four guards to smuggle him out of the castle.
(c) He pretends to be the king's ambassador but does not return.
(d) He sneaks through the sewer passages of the castle.

9. Why does Lostris establish a dozen hospitals and hotels for poor people in Thebes?
(a) Because it was her father's last wish.
(b) Because she is bored and lonely.
(c) Because Tanus had been generous with the military veterans.
(d) Because Taita encouraged her to do it.

10. Where is Arkoun's castle?
(a) On the foothills of a mountain.
(b) On the banks of the Nile.
(c) On a wind-swept mountain.
(d) On a vast plain.

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

12. When Tanus enters the temple of Osiris, what is the crowd's reaction?
(a) Disbelief.
(b) Worship.
(c) Scorn.
(d) Rejection.

13. How does Arkoun die?
(a) Tanus fatally stabs him.
(b) He falls off the castle bridge, a thousand feet down.
(c) He receives a deep arrow wound in his chest.
(d) Taita cuts off his head.

14. When do the Egyptians begin to flee toward their ships away from the Hyksos?
(a) When the battle changes to a massacre.
(b) When Pharaoh is hit with an arrow.
(c) When the men in front begin stampeding toward the back.
(d) When Tanus calls them to retreat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lostris wait in the palace as the Hyksos approach?

2. What happens when the elephants are first injured?

3. Why does the queen not want her people to build a temple to Ammon-Ra?

4. Where does the Shepherd King shoot his first arrow as the battle begins?

5. Why is Taita able to build an experimental squadron of chariots?

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