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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, The City of Many-Columned Iram and Abdullah Son of Abi Kalibah.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the nomad riding on when he meets Ma'an?
(a) A camel.
(b) A horse.
(c) An elephant.
(d) A donkey.

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

3. Who are the ass, fine horse, and camel running away from to avoid being enslaved in The Tale of The Birds And The Beasts And The Carpenter?
(a) The Son of Adam.
(b) The Lynx.
(c) The Lion.
(d) The Monkey.

4. What was Ma'an doing when he became separated from the rest of his company?
(a) Hunting antelope.
(b) Escaping a lion.
(c) Escaping a lynx.
(d) Hunting gazelles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who arrived before the King of Himyer the day following the king's dream?

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

3. When Ajib sees his father the first time, he believes him to be a what?

4. According to the duck, the lion cub received what it had asked for; but how did it die?

5. According to the First Kalandar, when he returned to his kingdom for the first time, he found what?

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