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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. In The Tale of Kamar Al-Zaman, what does Kamar chase for ten days?
(a) A bird.
(b) A jinni.
(c) An antelope.
(d) An ifrita.

2. What does Abdullah, Son of Abi Kalibah, find while in search?
(a) A group of angels on their way to the second level of heaven.
(b) An abandoned precious stone and gem city.
(c) A prison.
(d) A school for magic.

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

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

5. Kamar says that marriage would be the 'cup of death' because......?
(a) He has read much about the wickedness of women.
(b) He was told by a demon that this is how he would die.
(c) He vowed to his mother he would not marry.
(d) He was cursed as a child to die after marriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon seeing his father a second time, Ajib believes his father to be a what?

2. Who is Gobbo?

3. In the end of his story, Bukhayt became the property of ____________.

4. In The Tale of The Birds And The Beasts And The Carpenter, who are the first two characters that the duck meets?

5. What do the King of Himyar's servants do for him in the evening after his dream about Hatim?

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