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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 Tanus enters the temple of Osiris, what is the crowd's reaction?
2. How does the goddess Hapi answer the travelers' prayers at the beginning of their voyage?
3. Why do the Egyptians want to meet the Cush people?
4. Why does Queen Lostris establish a stone monument just past the first cataract?
5. How does Lord Intef die?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do Lostris and Tanus disagree over the fate of the Hyksos horses? How does this argument illustrate their respective places in society?
2. Why does Queen Lostris demand an elaborate tomb for her husband? What does this say about her loyalty to Pharaoh and does it contradict her order that Egyptians would not make their home in the land of Cush?
3. Who is Arkoun? Why is he a powerful man? At the same time, what in Taita's descriptions portray him as a pathetic man?
4. What is Pharaoh's reaction to the revelation of Akh-Seth? How does this demonstrate his weakness as a leader?
5. Why will so few people ride astride a horse? (Throughout the novel, only Hui, Taita, and Memnon dare this.) What reaction do they get when people see them astride the horses? Why do you think they get this reaction?
6. How do the Egyptian ships navigate through the cataracts? How is this a testimony to their technological skill, especially because of Taita?
7. How does Lord Intef die? Considering his life, is this a suitable death? Why?
8. At age five, how does Memnon begin to assert himself? How does Smith draw out the contradictions between his age and his social position? What does Memnon's attitude predict for the future?
9. What is the reaction of both Tanus and Pharaoh to the news of Lostris's pregnancy? What do their reactions say about their personal priorities?
10. Why do the common people love Lostris? What does she do to encourage their love? How does she prepare the way for their acceptance of Memnon as rule?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Twice Taita wishes that he could retract the evil he had spoken: Lostris's marriage and the coming of the Hyksos. How effective is this as a literary technique? Does it build suspense for the reader or diminish it? How does it change the reader's expectations for what happens next in the novel?
Essay Topic 2
What value do vows to the gods have? Consider Lostris's vow to the gods that she will properly bury Pharaoh. How does this vow drive her life? What are the consequences if such a vow is broken? What does this say about Egyptian religion?
Essay Topic 3
Is Taita a realistic character? To what extent is it plausible that he is gifted in so many areas?
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