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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, The City of Many-Columned Iram and Abdullah Son of Abi Kalibah.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. The hermit is tested by being sent an angel in the form of a what?
(a) Bird.
(b) Child.
(c) Fairy.
(d) Woman.

5. Upon meeting the angel, the hermit does what?
(a) Ignores it.
(b) Makes it his slave.
(c) Sends it away.
(d) Takes it as a pet.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the nomad say that the Emir is?

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

4. According to the duck, the lion cub received what it had asked for; but how did it die?

5. When Ajib sees his father the first time, he believes him to be a what?

(see the answer key)

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