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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. If the tale impresses the Caliph, what does he promise to do?
(a) Allow the slave his life.
(b) Find another wife for the husband.
(c) Banish the slave instead of killing him.
(d) Dismiss Ja'far.

2. 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?
(a) Consult the Holy Book.
(b) Get married on the same day,
(c) Invoke a Jinni.
(d) Go to the king for blessings.

3. What does Kamar take from Budur while she is sleeping?
(a) Her birth certificate.
(b) Her favorite amulet.
(c) Her signet ring.
(d) Her palace necklace.

4. What does the Emir do after meeting the nomad and returning home?
(a) Consults with his holy man.
(b) Sends his servants to serve a feast.
(c) Changes into his fine garments.
(d) Tells his servants to find the nomad.

5. In the story of Hatim of the Tribe of Tayy, why did the King of Himyar camp near Hatim's tomb?
(a) To guard it.
(b) To see the angels appear there.
(c) To watch Hatim rise.
(d) To hear the wailing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Abdullah, Son of Abi Kalibah, set off to find?

2. King Shaddad's son inscribed the king's tomb with what?

3. In The Tale of the Three Apples, what did the woman's husband bring her when she was ill?

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

5. Who is the first person that the animals in The Tale of The Birds And The Beasts And The Carpenter meet?

(see the answer key)

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