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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14 trhough 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what city was Mernissi born?
(a) Rome.
(b) Fez.
(c) Instanbul.
(d) Casablanca.

2. How high was the forbidden terrace?
(a) Ten meters.
(b) Five meters higher than the one below it.
(c) Six meters.
(d) Two meters.

3. Who was in charge of finding music on the radio in the women's harem?
(a) Chama.
(b) Fatima.
(c) Fatima's mother.
(d) Aunt Habiba.

4. What was the name of the well-known and effective djinni exorcist in the Fez region who is described in "Mina, the Rootless"?
(a) Lalla Dris
(b) Mina.
(c) Sidi Belal.
(d) Rahma.

5. What were the streets of Medina like when Mernissi was growing up?
(a) Well-lit.
(b) Narrow, dark, and serpentine.
(c) Tree-lined.
(d) Large and straight.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who owed a large sum of money to Sis Sussi?

2. What was Lalla Thor's personality like?

3. What was the Egyptian feminist Huda Sha'raoui known for?

4. What did the women's gardens consist of on Grandfather Tazi's farm?

5. Who told Mernissi that she should never accept inequality because it was not logical?

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