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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. In the Bedouin community where Lila lived, how many times a day did the men try to pray?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

2. When was Lila's host mysteriously absent for a period?
(a) Toward the end of Lila's time in the field.
(b) For her first two months in the field.
(c) Six months before the end of Lila's fieldwork.
(d) For six months during the second year of Lila's fieldwork.

3. How old was the man who was criticized for going to find a runaway second wife?
(a) Early 50's.
(b) Late 30's.
(c) Late 60's.
(d) Early 40's.

4. When did military rule of the Western desert end?
(a) Late 1930's.
(b) Late 1940's.
(c) Late 1960's.
(d) Late 1950's.

5. What German explorer published ghinnawas?
(a) Manfried Siegfried.
(b) J. C. Ewald Falls.
(c) D. E. Eberhardt Reinhold.
(d) David Reinhardt.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the senior magnate questioned family members about the sudden death of an old woman, what causes were suggested for her death?

2. What form of poetry did the ghinnawas most resemble?

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

4. During what occasion did Lila hear men sing in public?

5. In a folk tale, what did the food look like that a holy man gave a barren woman who asked for something to make her fertile?

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