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Study Guide

The Arabian Nights | Quiz

Richard Francis Burton
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The Arabian Nights | Quiz

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1)

What inscription is on King Shaddad's tomb? (from Chapter 11, The City of Many-Columned Iram and Abdullah Son of Abi Kalibah)

Thanksgiving to Allah for making the king wealthy
A proclamation of Shaddad as king of kings
A warning against looting his city
A poetic warning against offending Allah
2)

How does Fatimah make life miserable for Ma'aruf? (from Chapter 29, Ma'aruf The Cobbler And His Wife Fatimah)

She buys goods in the market and sends him the bills.
She continually has him brought to court.
She complains about him to the neighbors.
She refuses to cook for him.
3)

Who is Ali the Persian? (from Chapter 13, Ali The Persian)

A storyteller in the court of Caliph Harun al-Rashid
A traveler from Bagdad
A thief who becomes a friend of the Kazi
A Kurd who tells everyone he is Persian
4)

What does the lady give the sweep every morning? (from Chapter 12, The Sweep and The Noble Lady)

A gold dinar
An invitation to return that night
A new suit of fine clothes
A handkerchief containing fifty miskals of gold
5)

What does the poor man do after eating the dog's meat? (from Chapter 14, The Man Who Stole The Dish of Gold Wherein The Dog Ate)

He leaves all sad because dogs are treated better than he is.
He washes the golden bowl.
He steals the golden bowl.
He sleeps in the dog basket.
6)

What social blunder does Abu Hasan make? (from Chapter 17, How Abu Hasan Brake Wind)

He seats the Caliph at a table for low ranking people.
He loudly breaks wind.
He runs out of food and wine.
He does not wear proper clothes.
7)

Why does Ma'aruf return with Kunafah sweetened with cane sugar syrup? (from Chapter 29, Ma'aruf The Cobbler And His Wife Fatimah)

He thinks Fatimah will like the cane syrup better.
He does not notice the difference.
He forgets to tell the baker to put honey on the Kunafah.
The baker who gives the cakes to him is out of honey.
8)

What does Shahrazad use to plead with King Shahryar to spare her life? (from Conclusion,)

Her ability to entertain him
Her relationship to the King's Wizar
Her three sons
He dancing ability
9)

How does Prince Kamar escape from Princess Sham's father and his army? (from Chapter 16, The Ebony Horse)

He rubs a magic ring and a Jinn takes him away.
He volunteers to marry the princess.
Princess shams begs for his life so she can marry him.
He flies away on the ebony horse.
10)

Why is Ali the Persian called in to see the Caliph Harun al-Rashid? (from Chapter 13, Ali The Persian)

The Caliph wants to learn the Persian language.
The Caliph wants to see a Persian dance.
The Caliph cannot not sleep.
The Caliph wants news from Bagdad.
11)

After Queen Lab turns Badr into a bird, who rescues him? (from Chapter 23, Julnar The Sea-Born And Her Son King Badr Basim of Persia)

A servant girl with magic powers
The Jinn of the magic ring
The grocer Abdallah
Queen Julnar who restores her son to human form
12)

What does the Angel of Death tell the King? (from Chapter 18, The Angel of Death With The Proud King And The Devout Man)

That he has come for him.
That he will live for twenty more years.
That he has only days to live.
That his uncle had died.
13)

Who invites the poor man to eat? (from Chapter 14, The Man Who Stole The Dish of Gold Wherein The Dog Ate)

The wealthy man
One of the dogs
The camel driver
Another traveler
14)

What joke is played on the Caliph? (from Chapter 26, The Sleeper And The Waker)

Abu al-Hasan-al-Khali'a pretends to be dead and then suddenly sits up.
He puts bhang in the Caliph's cup.
He ties the Caliph's shoe laces together.
He convinces the Caliph that the Lady Zubaydah is dead.
15)

Why does the sweep have to hide in a closet? (from Chapter 12, The Sweep and The Noble Lady)

She wants him to watch her undress as though she doesn't know he is in the house.
He waits while she has his dirty clothes washed.
He mistakes it for the bathroom.
Her husband returns from a trip.
16)

What happens to the evil brothers after they sell Judar? (from Chapter 22, Judar And His Brethren)

The king of Cairo learn that they sold a free Moslem and puts them in prison.
They lose everything when someone robs them while they sleep.
The mother reports them to the police.
Judar escapes and goes after them.
17)

After Abu al-Hasan-al-Khali'a wakes up from the drugs, what happens to him? (from Chapter 26, The Sleeper And The Waker)

His mother has him committed to madhouse for ten days.
He looks for the men he had entertained the night before?
He is brought before the Wizar and tried for impersonating the Caliph.
He tries to go back to sleep and continue the dream.
18)

What happens when Talib tries to take the gems off the body of Princess Tadmurah? (from Chapter 20, The City of Brass)

He loses his mind and must be left in the city.
He goes blind.
He is killed by two brass statues guarding her embalmed body.
He cannot remove the gems on her clothes.
19)

How does Ali Baba transport treasure back to his house? (from Chapter 28, Ali Baba And The Forty Thieves)

He hides it outside the cave and returns for it later.
He covers the treasure with straw and sticks to look like his usual loads.
He brings eleven donkeys from the town.
He fills his pockets with gold coins.
20)

What occurs during the 1001 nights of storytelling? (from Conclusion,)

King Shahryar gets ill and dies.
Shahrazad bears three sons of King Shahryar.
Shahrazad plans another 1000 nights of story telling.
Shahrazad plans her escape.
21)

What does Kamar tell the King who is the father of Princess Sams al-Nahar after it is discovered that he was in the Harim? (from Chapter 16, The Ebony Horse)

That he was a eunuch and no threat to the women of the harim.
That he entered the harim by mistake and quickly got out.
That it was dark and he didn't see anything.
Kamar says that he will face the King's army alone to win the Princess.
22)

What subtler message does Shahrazad give the King with this story? (from Chapter 21, The Lady And Her Five Suitors)

How powerful men relinquish their power when they let sex rule their lives.
How he can be fooled by what he sees.
How a clever woman can help him rule his subjects.
Why he should never enter a closet.
23)

Why does a King dress in his finest clothes and ride out on his finest steed? (from Chapter 18, The Angel of Death With The Proud King And The Devout Man)

Because all his other clothes were dirty.
He is going to a wedding.
So the people will admire him.
He looks for a beautiful virgin to marry.
24)

What is Shahrazad's message to King Shahryar in this tale? (from Chapter 22, Judar And His Brethren)

He should watch out for his own brothers.
He should not listen to his cousin.
Hatred, like greed, destroys those who repeatedly invite it into their lives.
He is right to hate all women.
25)

What is the sweep's relationship with the noble lady? (from Chapter 12, The Sweep and The Noble Lady)

She pays him to sleep with her.
She lets him see her undressed but he cannot not touch.
He watches her bathe while he was on the roof of her house.
He had loved her since he was a boy.
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