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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How did Lostris first gain her knowledge of the outdoors?
2. How does Pharaoh treat Lostris?
3. What deity is both Lostris's patron and symbolized by the hippopotamus?
4. In the pageant duel with Rasfer, why does Tanus not kill Rasfer?
5. Why is Tanus's speech a surprise to his whole audience, especially Taita?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the significance of the double crown of Egypt? Why might Taita mention it so often when he describes Pharaoh?
2. How does Lostris interact with Pharaoh during their first three months of marriage? Though Smith does not say this is so many words, how does Pharaoh reveal his true character during this time?
3. What is Tanus's reaction to the news of Lostris's coming marriage? What does this reveal about his character? Is this an admirable reaction?
4. What does Taita learn from his friend Tiamat about the Shrikes? How does this explain the destitution of Egypt and the weakness of Pharaoh?
5. What is the song that Tanus and his men sing during the thick of battle? What effect would this song have on the enemy?
6. What will be the crowning moment of Pharaoh's life? What is Taita's reaction to this moment and how does the reaction seem contrary to Egyptian thought?
7. When Taita disguises himself as a priest so that he is not recognized in his native city Thebes, how is he treated? What does this say about the Egyptian people's attitude toward their religion? What does this say about the priests' ethics?
8. What condition is Tanus in when Taita finally finds him? How is this condition similar to Lostris's desire for death on her wedding night? How is Taita able to save Tanus in much the same way he saved Lostris?
9. What power does Pharaoh's seal have? Why must a man acknowledge it, as Tanus does when Neter comes to arrest him? Is this seal a sign of power or of weakness?
10. Explain Tanus's bow Lanata. How does this story about the weapon reveal Tanus's character?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Taita spend his two years in Arkoun's prison? What does this reveal about his personality? Does the reader ever lose hope of his rescue? Given his conversations with Masara, what does the reader come to expect?
Essay Topic 2
Why does Taita question the value of treasure-laden tombs? Is he right to question the tombs? How is his judgment unclouded while Pharaoh's is caught up only in his funerary treasure (152, 365)?
Essay Topic 3
What role does Rasfer play in the novel? To what extent is he the obvious incarnation of Lord Intef's evil thoughts? What is Rasfer's role in Taita's life? Does Taita, in the end, forgive him?
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