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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 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.

2. What do the peahen and antelope agree upon as their only protection?
(a) Traveling to another island.
(b) Praising Allah.
(c) Joining the holy man.
(d) Avoiding the lynx.

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

4. What is the nomad riding on when he meets Ma'an?
(a) A horse.
(b) A donkey.
(c) An elephant.
(d) A camel.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After Ma'an asks the nomad where he came from, what does the nomad speak of doing when he arrives at his destination?

2. What is contained in the handkerchief that the noble lady gives the sweep?

3. What do the two kings, Sharyar and his brother, Shah Zaman, vow?

4. At the end of the story of The Three Apples, what tale does Ja'afar refer to?

5. In Chapter 1, 'The Fisherman and the Jinni', what does NOT turn up in the fisherman's first three casts?

(see the answer key)

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