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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. Who is Gobbo?
(a) An old slave.
(b) An evil demon.
(c) An ugly hunchback.
(d) An old eunich.

2. What does Lady Zubaydah order her staff to do to look as though they are mourning Kut's death?
(a) Cry in the streets.
(b) Tear at their hair.
(c) Tear their clothes.
(d) Dress in black.

3. For how long does Ghanim live in Baghdad?
(a) One year.
(b) Three months.
(c) Three years.
(d) Six months.

4. Whose pet does the baboon prince become?
(a) The king.
(b) The two sisters.
(c) The sea captain.
(d) The eldest sister.

5. According to the First Kalandar, when he returned to his kingdom for the first time, he found what?
(a) His Wazir had fled the palace.
(b) His wife had run away with the Wazir.
(c) His palace to have been overtaken by his Wazir.
(d) The palace had turned to stone.

Short Answer Questions

1. If the tale impresses the Caliph, what does he promise to do?

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

3. In Chapter 1, 'The Fisherman and the Jinni', what does NOT turn up in the fisherman's first three casts?

4. Because Ja'far cannot find the murderer of the woman, he and his family are what?

5. When the three slaves met by Ghanim Bin Ayyub enter the courtyard, what DON'T they have?

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