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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. Who translates the messages on the seven white marble tablets in the story The City of Brass?
(a) Balita.
(b) Santosh.
(c) Abd al-Samad.
(d) Abu Talib.

2. After refusing marriage a second time, the king becomes enraged with Kamar and does what?
(a) Imprisons him in a tower.
(b) Disowns him as his son.
(c) Banishes him from the kingdom.
(d) Forbids him from marriage.

3. What is Sandal in Khalifah The Fisherman of Baghdad?
(a) A spirit.
(b) A Jinni.
(c) A witch.
(d) A eunuch.

4. After traveling back home in disguise, what does Abu Hasan do for the rest of his days in the story of How Abu Hasan Broke Wind?
(a) Cries to an old woman.
(b) Lives happily ever after.
(c) Lives in exile.
(d) Lives the life of a monk.

5. What does the Indian man give King Sabur in the story of The Ebony Horse?
(a) A cask of frankincense.
(b) Gold bracelets.
(c) A gold statue of a man with a trumpet.
(d) A jeweled mirror.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the last person the lady with the five suitors locks up in the story of The Lady And Her Five Suitors?

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

3. Because Ja'far cannot find the murderer of the woman, he and his family are what?

4. In the story of Ali The Persian, why did Caliph Harun al-Rashid ask his Wazir for a storyteller?

5. In the story of Ali The Persian, bread, a lemon, cheese, and olives are found where?

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