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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Hatim Of the Tribe of Tayy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the King of Himyar awoke, what did he find?
(a) Hatim standing over him.
(b) Hatim being carried away by birds.
(c) His camel dying.
(d) Angels singing.

2. Who sends the angel?
(a) Allah.
(b) An ocean spirit.
(c) A jinni.
(d) A demon.

3. Where does the hermit live?
(a) In the backwaters.
(b) On a mountain.
(c) In the desert.
(d) In a cave.

4. Who arrived before the King of Himyer the day following the king's dream?
(a) Hatim.
(b) Hatim's two sons.
(c) Hatim's only son.
(d) Hatim's servant/messenger.

5. What is sent to the hermit after the angel?
(a) A wife.
(b) A servant.
(c) A priest.
(d) A rich man.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bukhayt was sold as a slave at the age of what?

2. What do the sons of the Wazir of Cairo think they should do in order to have a son and a daughter so that the cousins will pledge to marry?

3. According to the First Kalandar, when he returned to his kingdom for the first time, he found what?

4. What would Kafur do each year as a boy?

5. Upon meeting the angel, the hermit does what?

(see the answer key)

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