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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. After refusing marriage a second time, the king becomes enraged with Kamar and does what?
(a) Imprisons him in a tower.
(b) Disowns him as his son.
(c) Banishes him from the kingdom.
(d) Forbids him from marriage.

2. What did the King of Himyar see in his dream?
(a) Birds plucking at Hatim's eyes.
(b) Angels singing.
(c) Birds taking Hatim away.
(d) Hatim slaying his camel.

3. According to the duck, the lion cub received what it had asked for; but how did it die?
(a) The holy man stabbed it.
(b) The carpenter burned it to death.
(c) It drowned.
(d) The lynx attacked it.

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

5. Who sends the angel?
(a) An ocean spirit.
(b) A demon.
(c) Allah.
(d) A jinni.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does the Emir end up paying for the Badawi's cucumbers after all bargaining is completed?

2. Whose pet does the baboon prince become?

3. 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?

4. Of the men questioned by the Three Ladies of Baghdad, who was known to have loved sailing the seas?

5. In The Tale of the Portress in Chapter 3, what is the title of the third sister?

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