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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, The Hermits.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Ajib sees his father the first time, he believes him to be a what?
(a) A demon.
(b) Cook.
(c) A slave.
(d) A merchant.

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

3. In Chapter 1, 'The Fisherman and the Jinni', what does NOT turn up in the fisherman's first three casts?
(a) A pitcher of sand.
(b) Broken pottery.
(c) A gold necklace.
(d) A donkey.

4. In The Tale of the Portress in Chapter 3, what is the title of the third sister?
(a) The procuratrix.
(b) The Caliph.
(c) The Portress.
(d) Dunyazad.

5. What would Kafur do each year as a boy?
(a) Visit his brother.
(b) Pray to a Jinni.
(c) Tell one lie.
(d) Steal one cow.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Who is Gobbo?

4. The eldest of the Three Ladies of Baghdad speaks of two black dogs. Who are they?

5. What is sent to the hermit after the angel?

(see the answer key)

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