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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 23, Julnar The Sea-Born And Her Son King Badr Basim of Persia.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the ruined man told to go in his dream?
(a) Baghdad.
(b) Cairo.
(c) Wali.
(d) Burma.

2. After refusing marriage a second time, the king becomes enraged with Kamar and does what?
(a) Disowns him as his son.
(b) Forbids him from marriage.
(c) Imprisons him in a tower.
(d) Banishes him from the kingdom.

3. What does Salil offer the king for Juaharah in the Story Julnar, The Sea-Born And Her Son King Badr Basim of Persia?
(a) A bag of diamonds.
(b) A bag of gems.
(c) Twenty thousand ducats.
(d) A golden horse.

4. How much money is spent on the maiden by the king in the Story Julnar, The Sea-Born And Her Son King Badr Basim of Persia?
(a) Five thousand ducats.
(b) Ten thousand ducats.
(c) Eight thousand dinars.
(d) Eight thousand ducats.

5. Kamar says that marriage would be the 'cup of death' because......?
(a) He was cursed as a child to die after marriage.
(b) He was told by a demon that this is how he would die.
(c) He has read much about the wickedness of women.
(d) He vowed to his mother he would not marry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the ruined man who became rich again fall asleep after his travels?

2. In what location does The Tale of Kamar Al-Zaman begin?

3. In the Story Julnar, The Sea-Born And Her Son King Badr Basim of Persia, the king mourns that none of his 100 concubines has bore him what?

4. What is the maiden's name in the Story Julnar, The Sea-Born And Her Son King Badr Basim of Persia?

5. In The Tale of Kamar al-Zaman, what do Maymunah and Dahnash bet over before going to Kamar?

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