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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, Ali The Persian.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would Kafur do each year as a boy?
(a) Tell one lie.
(b) Steal one cow.
(c) Visit his brother.
(d) Pray to a Jinni.

2. The eldest of the Three Ladies of Baghdad speaks of two black dogs. Who are they?
(a) Cursed Jinnis.
(b) Gifts from the Third Kalandar.
(c) The Eldest Lady's sisters.
(d) The pets of the First Kalandar.

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

4. 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 watch Hatim rise.
(c) To hear the wailing.
(d) To see the angels appear there.

5. According to the First Kalandar, when he returned to his kingdom for the first time, he found what?
(a) The palace had turned to stone.
(b) His Wazir had fled the palace.
(c) His palace to have been overtaken by his Wazir.
(d) His wife had run away with the Wazir.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who are the ass, fine horse, and camel running away from to avoid being enslaved in The Tale of The Birds And The Beasts And The Carpenter?

3. How does the Caliph respond to the story of Ali The Persian?

4. The hermit is tested by being sent an angel in the form of a what?

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

(see the answer key)

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