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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. What does the Maghribi wizard pose as in Alaeddin: Or, The Wonderful Lamp?
(a) A slave.
(b) A long lost cousin.
(c) A Jinni.
(d) A long lost uncle.

2. How long does Judar spend fishing in the story Judar And His Brethren?
(a) Four days.
(b) Six days.
(c) Five days.
(d) Three days.

3. In the story of The Lady And Her Five Suitors, what do the men do after being freed?
(a) Fight with each other and go home.
(b) Become close friends under Allah.
(c) Embarrassingly laugh at one another.
(d) Kill each other.

4. For how many years is Sindbad The Seaman gone traveling?
(a) Twenty-nine.
(b) Twenty-seven.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Thirteen.

5. In the story The City of Brass, what is the brass statue rider supposed to point to once awakened?
(a) The Emerald Cave.
(b) The Star of Allah.
(c) The Island of Gold.
(d) The City of Brass.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Persian give King Sabur in the story of The Ebony Horse?

2. What does Salil offer the king for Juaharah in the Story Julnar, The Sea-Born And Her Son King Badr Basim of Persia?

3. What sweet does Fatimah demand her husband bring home one day?

4. What does the first animal that is caught tell Khalifah to do?

5. How much money does the Caliph offer to whomever can tell him who died first in Abu's story?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the Conclusion, King Shahryar's legacy began bloody and ended in peace and prosperity thanks to the gifted storyteller, Shahrazad. Through her stories and her love she changes the heart of the king and her stories live on through the generations. What kind of a reminder can this conclusion offer to humanity on the whole?

2. What is ironic about the fact of Abu Hasan breaking wind in How Abu Hasan Bake Wind?

3. Consider the saying, "The clothes maketh the man." How is this proven in Alaedddin: Or, The Wonderful Lamp?

4. What is the moral lesson about in The Angel of Death With The Proud King And The Devout Man?

5. How is the ending of this story from The Ebony Horse a very direct and personally-related implication to the king from Shahrazad?

6. How is justice served through the story of Ali Baba And The Forty Thieves?

7. In Khalifah The Fisherman of Baghdad, the reader witnesses the Caliph dispense mercy and cruelty with the whim of someone raised in a position of such absolute power that it distances him from the suffering of the common people, much like the fisherman Khalifah. How could this part of the story relate to Shahrazad's goal of changing the king's ways?

8. Consider the phrases, "All lies become revealed in time," and "time heals all wounds". How is this played out/proven in Abu Kir The Dyer And Abu Sir The Barber?

9. What moral does Shahrazad imply through her story in the story Julnar The Sea-Born And Her Son King Badr Basim of Persia?

10. How does the constant questioning of Sindbad the Seaman's identity throughout Sindbad The Seaman And Sindbad The Lands change the view of the nature of his character to listeners?

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