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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 29, Ma'aruf The Cobbler And His Wife Fatimah.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the first animal that is caught tell Khalifah to do?
(a) Become a monk.
(b) Praise Allah more often.
(c) Go to Cairo.
(d) Cast his net again.

2. To where does Abu return after losing his money and friends in The Sleeper And The Waker?
(a) His mother's house.
(b) His father's house.
(c) A temple.
(d) A mosque.

3. What does the nomad say that the Emir is?
(a) Cheap.
(b) Dangerous.
(c) Generous.
(d) Wealthy.

4. According to the duck, the lion cub received what it had asked for; but how did it die?
(a) It drowned.
(b) The carpenter burned it to death.
(c) The holy man stabbed it.
(d) The lynx attacked it.

5. 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) Invoke a Jinni.
(c) Go to the king for blessings.
(d) Get married on the same day,

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the Indian man give King Sabur in the story of The Ebony Horse?

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

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

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