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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is born together?

2. How does Almustafa feel about boarding the ship?

3. Why should people live in country areas?

4. Who asks Almustafa about clothes?

5. Who asks Almustafa about children?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Almustafa say has useful gifts to sell?

2. What setting does Almustafa prefer for living?

3. What does Almustafa say in the debate between whether joy or sorrow is greater?

4. What does Almustafa say he has observed when the orator asks about freedom?

5. What do some say about birth and about the flesh?

6. What other things does love do, according to Almustafa?

7. How does Almustafa describe what people call freedom?

8. What four things has Almustafa been to the people of Orphalese?

9. What does sorrow do that helps a person hold more joy in their lives?

10. What is the one thing that Almustafa can not speak?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Almustafa does not accept gifts from those in Orphalese, citing that he is too proud to receive wages. Were the people of the city right to react the way they did? Why or why not? If you were Almustafa, would you react in the same way, why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

When Almustafa talks about teaching, it seems he says that everyone already has the knowledge they need, but a teacher can help to bring it out of them. What does this say about the learning process or about the schooling situation? Do you agree with the thoughts Almustafa shares on teaching? Why or why not? What does this say about students that do better in school? Does this mean they have more innate knowledge or that they have better teachers?

Essay Topic 3

When Almustafa talks about clothing, it seems he thinks that everyone should be nude all the time. Do you think he meant something else entirely? What do you think he meant, and how could you adapt this advice to the modern world and its laws and societal rules?

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