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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. When will Pharaoh marry Lostris?
2. What hunt do Taita and Lostris attend with Pharaoh before the windstorm strikes?
3. How do the soldiers respond when Tanus orders them to put on the dresses of slave girls?
4. What change to the festival pageant does Taita protest?
5. What does Taita do the night Lostris is first called in to visit Pharaoh?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What happens in the tombs during the three-day sandstorm? How does Taita reveal the deepest sadness that is in his heart? What does this say about his character?
3. What danger does Taita find in his basket of pomegranates and mangoes? What does this danger say about his place in society?
4. How does Tanus show his devotion to his chosen god Horus? How do the people respond to this devotion? What does this say about the roles of the gods in the Egyptians' lives?
5. 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?
6. How does Taita foreshadow the coming marriage for Lostris? How does this affect the element of surprise within the novel?
7. When the people cry out to Pharaoh to give Tanus mercy from the death sentence, what does Pharaoh do? What leads to this decision? Does it show Pharaoh's mercy or his weakness?
8. Why is Lord Intef delighted to arrange the marriage between Lostris and Pharaoh? What plans does he reveal to Taita? How does even this brief interaction show Taita's unstable position in the court?
9. When Taita works the Mazes for Pharaoh, what does he see? Why does he lie to the king about what he sees? What might the effect have been if he didn't lie?
10. What is the song that Tanus and his men sing during the thick of battle? What effect would this song have on the enemy?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When Lostris thinks she is pregnant for the fourth time, what is the truth? How does this short scene illustrate the understanding she and Taita have with each other?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
What is the question of slavery in Taita's mind? Despite his position in life, why does he justify it? How does his opinion fit with ancient Egyptian culture? Reference pages 118 and 432, among others, for Taita's words.
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