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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Tale of Ghanim Bin Ayyub, The Distraught, The Thrall O' Love.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Each Kalandar is...
(a) Cursed.
(b) Crippled.
(c) Blind in the left eye.
(d) Blind in the right eye.

2. If the tale impresses the Caliph, what does he promise to do?
(a) Banish the slave instead of killing him.
(b) Find another wife for the husband.
(c) Allow the slave his life.
(d) Dismiss Ja'far.

3. In the end of his story, Bukhayt became the property of ____________.
(a) The Royal Treasury.
(b) The City of Cairo.
(c) The Palace of Baghdad.
(d) The High Council.

4. 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?
(a) Invoke a Jinni.
(b) Consult the Holy Book.
(c) Get married on the same day,
(d) Go to the king for blessings.

5. The eldest of the Three Ladies of Baghdad speaks of two black dogs. Who are they?
(a) Cursed Jinnis.
(b) The pets of the First Kalandar.
(c) The Eldest Lady's sisters.
(d) Gifts from the Third Kalandar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the Ensorcelled Prince's wicked wife build the tomb for the crippled slave?

2. How many sons does the Wazir of Cairo have?

3. What do the two kings, Sharyar and his brother, Shah Zaman, vow?

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

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

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