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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the hermit live?
(a) In a cave.
(b) In the desert.
(c) On a mountain.
(d) In the backwaters.

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

3. When Ajib sees his father the first time, he believes him to be a what?
(a) A demon.
(b) A merchant.
(c) Cook.
(d) A slave.

4. What does the ruined man find after digging in his backyard?
(a) A treasure.
(b) A lamp.
(c) A body.
(d) A bag of tools.

5. How does the Caliph respond to the story of Ali The Persian?
(a) With confusion and request for more information.
(b) By sending him away.
(c) With anger.
(d) With laughter and appreciation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What comes out of the black jar after the fisherman rubs it?

2. When Hatim of the Tribe of Tayy died, where was he buried?

3. In what location does The Tale of Kamar Al-Zaman begin?

4. What does Abdullah, Son of Abi Kalibah, find while in search?

5. What does Kamar take from Budur while she is sleeping?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the character of the man burdened with debts in The Man Who Stole The Dish of Gold Wherein The Dog Ate.

2. In Hatim Of the Tribe of Tayy, how does this story blur the lines between the living and the dead?

3. How might Shahrazad's tale in The Tale of The Three Apples whittle away at the king's assumption that all women are faithless and untrustworthy?

4. What is the purpose of Shahrazad deciding to tell this seemingly innocuous story to the king in Ali The Persian?

5. In The Sweep and The Noble Lady, how did the Emir's pardon of the sweep seem just, although it was not the ultimate punishment (death)?

6. Of what symbolic use were the tokens (signet rings) to the two lovestruck characters in The Tale of Kamar Al-Zaman?

7. How in the Tale of Ghanim in Ayyub, The Distraught, The Thrall O'Love does Shahrazad strive to replace King Shahryar's distrust of women with doubt over his belief?

8. In The Tale of Ma'an Son of Zaidah and The Badawi, how does the Emir reward loyalty?

9. What is one moral implied by Shahrazad in the Tale of Ghanim in Ayyub, The Distraught, The Thrall O'Love?

10. What could one say might be the moral of this story in The Tale of The Birds And The Beasts And The Carpenter?

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