QUEEN HATSHEPSUT RESOURCES
"His Majesty Queen Hatshepsut" Questions
Number and Answer These Questions On Your Own Notebook Paper
1) From whose perspective is this story being told? What point of view is this?
2) Pick three words to describe Queen Hatshepsut’s personality.
3) Why does Hatshepsut say that the sooner her coronation takes place the better?
4) Define ascension (157). Write the sentence that the word is used in from the story.
5) What preparations needed to be made for Hatshepsut’s coronation?
6) What problems did Hatshepsut face even before she was crowned pharaoh?
7) What did she decide to do about the problem in number 6?
8) Why do you think she made this decision about the problem discussed in numbers 6 and 7?
9) Select three of the footnoted vocabulary terms. Use each in a sentence of your own.
10) How did Queen Hatshepsult’s clothing symbolize Egypt’s wealth?
11) Why is it important that Hatshepsut carry out all the parts of the ceremony?
12) Why might Thutmose wish that his stepmother were feeble or dead?
"His Majesty Queen Hatshepsut" Quotes
"Egypt's Lost Queens"
You will want to watch 0 to 4:45 and 12:30-29:45.