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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Honor and Poetic Vulnerability.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose definition did Lila use to define discourse?
(a) Baer.
(b) Antoun.
(c) Collier.
(d) Foucault.

2. How old was Migdim?
(a) 50's.
(b) 60's.
(c) 40's.
(d) 70's.

3. Which particular gift given to her husband's new bride did the first wife Mabruka resent?
(a) Western-style jewelry.
(b) A belt.
(c) A veil.
(d) A pair of Western-style sandals.

4. Who gave the Awlad 'Ali rights to land in the Western desert in the nineteenth century?
(a) Mohammad 'Ali.
(b) Ibrahim Pasha.
(c) Ali Sadik Bey.
(d) Muhammad Abdel Halim.

5. What project did Mabruka refuse to help with because of Rashid's second marriage?
(a) Sewing a quilt.
(b) Sewing a tent.
(c) Sewing a blanket.
(d) Sewing a dress.

Short Answer Questions

1. What beverage is mentioned in the "Alexandria Quartet?"

2. Who did Mabruka, Rashid's first wife, blame for Rashid's second marriage?

3. What did a physician say caused the death of a girl about seventeen years old?

4. In a Bedouin story, what was God's reason for forbidding Adam and Eve to eat fruit from a particular tree?

5. When an old woman suddenly died, what did some suggest her husband had done?

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