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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 is sent to the hermit after the angel?
(a) A wife.
(b) A servant.
(c) A rich man.
(d) A priest.

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

3. After Ma'an asks the nomad where he came from, what does the nomad speak of doing when he arrives at his destination?
(a) Selling ginger root to the king.
(b) Selling cucumbers to the Emir.
(c) Selling his elephant to the king.
(d) Selling gold to the Wazir.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Gobbo?

2. When Hatim of the Tribe of Tayy died, where was he buried?

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

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

5. After refusing marriage a second time, the king becomes enraged with Kamar and does what?

(see the answer key)

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