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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What idea of Tanus's is shot down in the military council?
(a) Traveling to the northern border to meet them head-on.
(b) Leaving the women and children by the Nile and traveling east to meet the enemy.
(c) Waiting for them in Thebes and gathering greater forces.
(d) Finding out more about the enemy from the east before engaging in battle.

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

3. Why does Lostris disapprove of Memnon's marriage to Masara?
(a) She does not think their love will last.
(b) He needs to make marriages that are advantageous to the nation.
(c) They are from different races and cultures.
(d) She does not like Masara.

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

5. 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.

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

7. What does Taita do before he tells Pharaoh that Lostris is pregnant again?
(a) He casts the horoscope to see if the child will be born under good stars.
(b) He tells Tanus that the child is really his.
(c) He consults the oracles to see if the child will be a boy.
(d) He offers sacrifices of thanks at the temple of Hapi.

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

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

10. What is the name of the warriors who are coming from the east?
(a) Khetkhet.
(b) Kom-Ombo.
(c) Memnon.
(d) Hyksos.

11. When some Egyptians want to leave the caravan ships traveling south, what does Queen Lostris do?
(a) Throws them overboard.
(b) Cuts their tongues out so they can no longer grumble.
(c) Imprisons them in the ships' holds.
(d) Offers to put them ashore for the Hyksos to find and capture.

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

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

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

15. Where does the Shepherd King shoot his first arrow as the battle begins?
(a) Randomly into the Egyptian troops.
(b) Into Pharaoh's throne.
(c) Into Taita's leg.
(d) Toward Tanus.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Memnon first see Masara, prisoner of the Ethiopian king Arkoun?

2. How does Lord Intef escape his execution with the Shrike barons?

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

4. How does Pharaoh react to the accusations of Lord Intef's guilt?

5. What does Taita name the gnu illness?

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