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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. In The Tale of The Birds And The Beasts And The Carpenter, who are the first two characters that the duck meets?
(a) The lynx and the lion.
(b) The peahen and the cub.
(c) The peacock and the monkey.
(d) The peacock and peahen.

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

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

4. What does the husband do when he finds an apple missing the first time?
(a) He drinks poison.
(b) He kills himself.
(c) He blames the slave.
(d) He kills his wife.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the hermit eat/survive on?

3. What does Lady Zubaydah order her staff to do to look as though they are mourning Kut's death?

4. What does the lion cub demand of the carpenter?

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

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