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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. How long does Judar spend fishing in the story Judar And His Brethren?
(a) Five days.
(b) Three days.
(c) Six days.
(d) Four days.

2. What would Kafur do each year as a boy?
(a) Visit his brother.
(b) Pray to a Jinni.
(c) Tell one lie.
(d) Steal one cow.

3. Towards the end, the lamp Jinni reveals that the necromancer is posing as what character in Alaeddin: Or, The Wonderful Lamp?
(a) Ja'far.
(b) The Sultan.
(c) Fatimah.
(d) Marid.

4. In Sindbad The Seaman And Sindbad The Landsman, the first Sindbad introduced stops to pray in front of what?
(a) The king's palace.
(b) A great temple.
(c) A great mansion.
(d) A tall tree.

5. Who arrived before the King of Himyer the day following the king's dream?
(a) Hatim's servant/messenger.
(b) Hatim.
(c) Hatim's two sons.
(d) Hatim's only son.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Ali Baba doing when he comes across the forty thieves?

3. In the story of The Lady And Her Five Suitors, to whom does the woman appeal when her lover is put in jail?

4. Upon seeing his father a second time, Ajib believes his father to be a what?

5. In the story of the ruined man who became rich again through a dream, where does the wealthy man live?

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