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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kamar says that marriage would be the 'cup of death' because......?
(a) He has read much about the wickedness of women.
(b) He was cursed as a child to die after marriage.
(c) He vowed to his mother he would not marry.
(d) He was told by a demon that this is how he would die.

2. What does the hermit eat/survive on?
(a) Plants and water.
(b) Bark and milk.
(c) Hunting antelope and water.
(d) Milk and wool from sheep.

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

4. At the end of the story of The Three Apples, what tale does Ja'afar refer to?
(a) The tale of the Jinni's wife.
(b) The tale of the 3 birds.
(c) The tale of Kalyandi al-Din.
(d) The tale of Nur al-Din Ali.

5. Where is the ruined man told to go in his dream?
(a) Cairo.
(b) Burma.
(c) Baghdad.
(d) Wali.

6. Who is the first person that the animals in The Tale of The Birds And The Beasts And The Carpenter meet?
(a) A peasant.
(b) A widow.
(c) A holy man.
(d) A carpenter.

7. In The Tale of Kamar al-Zaman, what do Maymunah and Dahnash bet over before going to Kamar?
(a) Who is the most beautiful- prince or princess?
(b) Who is going to marry Kamar?
(c) Who can find Kamar first?
(d) Who can find the golden necklace for the prince?

8. What does Abdullah, Son of Abi Kalibah, set off to find?
(a) His lost horse.
(b) His runaway servant.
(c) His stolen ring.
(d) His lost she-camel.

9. What do the two kings, Sharyar and his brother, Shah Zaman, vow?
(a) Not to ask the Jinni for favors.
(b) Never to trust women again.
(c) To find new wives.
(d) To tell the story of 'The Bull and the Ass' every day.

10. What do the peahen and antelope agree upon as their only protection?
(a) Joining the holy man.
(b) Avoiding the lynx.
(c) Praising Allah.
(d) Traveling to another island.

11. When Ajib sees his father the first time, he believes him to be a what?
(a) A merchant.
(b) Cook.
(c) A slave.
(d) A demon.

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

13. During a pilgrimage to Mecca in the story of The Sweep and The Noble Lady, pilgrims overhear a man praying for what?
(a) The demonic curse to be lifted.
(b) The love of another man's wife.
(c) One more year of life.
(d) Riches.

14. Upon seeing his father a second time, Ajib believes his father to be a what?
(a) A peasant.
(b) A king.
(c) Cook.
(d) A hunchback.

15. How does the Caliph respond to the story of Ali The Persian?
(a) By sending him away.
(b) With anger.
(c) With laughter and appreciation.
(d) With confusion and request for more information.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. According to the duck, the lion cub received what it had asked for; but how did it die?

4. What is Shams al-Din Mohammed's first daugher's name?

5. Who arrived before the King of Himyer the day following the king's dream?

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