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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. How does the Chief of Police respond to the ruined man after he is told about the dream?
(a) He laughs.
(b) He cries.
(c) He ignores him.
(d) He doesn't understand.

2. What does the king do when confronted by the man in rags in the story The Angel of Death With The Proud King And The Devout Man?
(a) He laughs and goes on his way.
(b) He curses the man.
(c) He orders the man killed.
(d) He falls dead off his horse.

3. How many daughters does King Sabur have in the story of The Ebony Horse?
(a) Six.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

4. 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) Get married on the same day,
(b) Go to the king for blessings.
(c) Consult the Holy Book.
(d) Invoke a Jinni.

5. 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 cucumbers to the Emir.
(b) Selling his elephant to the king.
(c) Selling gold to the Wazir.
(d) Selling ginger root to the king.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the First Kalandar, when he returned to his kingdom for the first time, he found what?

2. In the story The Angel of Death With The Proud King And The Devout Man, after hearing of his imminent death, what does the pious man do?

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

4. What would Kafur do each year as a boy?

5. Each Kalandar is...

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