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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What task does Queen Lostris give to Lord Aqer?
(a) To hunt enough meat for the next six months.
(b) To infiltrate King Salitis' inner circle of advisors and send back information.
(c) To open the road north to Thebes.
(d) To guide the ships through the fourth cataract.

2. What does Taita name the gnu illness?
(a) The Red Death.
(b) The Black Strangler.
(c) The Black Death.
(d) The Yellow Strangler.

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

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

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

6. What proves that Lord Intef owned the chests of treasure hidden in his palace?
(a) His ring seal on the locks.
(b) The fact that they were hidden in his palace.
(c) The hidden passageway to his rooms.
(d) None of the answers is correct.

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

8. How does Lord Intef die?
(a) Tanus drives his sword through him.
(b) Lord Intef's men turn on him when they see that Pharaoh's treasure is gone.
(c) Taita disembowels him with the wheel-knife of his chariot.
(d) Lord Intef drowns in the Nile when his ship catches fire.

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

10. At the beginning of the long voyage south, what is Memnon's favorite toy?
(a) His building blocks.
(b) His bow and arrows.
(c) His colt.
(d) Taita's unused scrolls.

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

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

13. After setting up the stone monument, why does the queen give Taita the Gold of Praise?
(a) To honor his help in getting the Egyptian people that far.
(b) To honor a promise she had made to her father.
(c) Because the people expect her to acknowledge him.
(d) Because Tanus asked her to.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Hui and Taita capture the runaway Hyksos horses?

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

3. Following the battle with the Hyksos, what did Tanus do that caused him great grief?

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

5. How does Taita escape from Arkoun?

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