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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Hatim Of the Tribe of Tayy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the sons of the Wazir of Cairo think they should do in order to have a son and a daughter so that the cousins will pledge to marry?
(a) Consult the Holy Book.
(b) Invoke a Jinni.
(c) Go to the king for blessings.
(d) Get married on the same day,

2. Upon meeting the angel, the hermit does what?
(a) Sends it away.
(b) Ignores it.
(c) Makes it his slave.
(d) Takes it as a pet.

3. According to the First Kalandar, when he returned to his kingdom for the first time, he found what?
(a) The palace had turned to stone.
(b) His palace to have been overtaken by his Wazir.
(c) His wife had run away with the Wazir.
(d) His Wazir had fled the palace.

4. When the King of Himyar awoke, what did he find?
(a) Hatim being carried away by birds.
(b) Angels singing.
(c) Hatim standing over him.
(d) His camel dying.

5. Who is Gobbo?
(a) An old slave.
(b) An evil demon.
(c) An ugly hunchback.
(d) An old eunich.

Short Answer Questions

1. The eldest of the Three Ladies of Baghdad speaks of two black dogs. Who are they?

2. What do the King of Himyar's servants do for him in the evening after his dream about Hatim?

3. In the story of Hatim of the Tribe of Tayy, why did the King of Himyar camp near Hatim's tomb?

4. What does the hermit eat/survive on?

5. Bukhayt was sold as a slave at the age of what?

(see the answer key)

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