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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20, The City of Brass.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In The Tale of the Three Apples, who does the Caliph decree responsible for the woman's death?
(a) The lying slave.
(b) The slave's wife.
(c) The Caliph's daughter.
(d) The husband of the woman.

2. What does the ruined man find after digging in his backyard?
(a) A bag of tools.
(b) A lamp.
(c) A body.
(d) A treasure.

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

4. Bukhayt was sold as a slave at the age of what?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Four.
(c) Seven.
(d) Five.

5. Upon meeting the angel, the hermit does what?
(a) Sends it away.
(b) Ignores it.
(c) Makes it his slave.
(d) Takes it as a pet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the nomad say that the Emir is?

2. In The Tale of Kamar al-Zaman, what do Maymunah and Dahnash bet over before going to Kamar?

3. King Shaddad is known to be very what?

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

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

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