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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the ass, fine horse, and camel running away from to avoid being enslaved in The Tale of The Birds And The Beasts And The Carpenter?
(a) The Lion.
(b) The Lynx.
(c) The Son of Adam.
(d) The Monkey.

2. 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) One more year of life.
(c) The love of another man's wife.
(d) Riches.

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

4. What happens to the sweep after he tells his story to the Emir?
(a) He is chosen to be an honored servant of the Wazir.
(b) He is killed by the Emir's wife.
(c) He is excused from hanging.
(d) He is sent away by the queen.

5. In the story of The Sweep and The Noble Lady, what do the pilgrims do with the praying man?
(a) Help him find a holy man.
(b) Seize him and take him to the Emir.
(c) Pray with him.
(d) Inquire for directions.

6. In the end of his story, Bukhayt became the property of ____________.
(a) The High Council.
(b) The Palace of Baghdad.
(c) The City of Cairo.
(d) The Royal Treasury.

7. In The Tale of The Birds And The Beasts And The Carpenter, who are the first two characters that the duck meets?
(a) The peacock and the monkey.
(b) The lynx and the lion.
(c) The peahen and the cub.
(d) The peacock and peahen.

8. In the story of Hatim of the Tribe of Tayy, why did the King of Himyar camp near Hatim's tomb?
(a) To watch Hatim rise.
(b) To guard it.
(c) To hear the wailing.
(d) To see the angels appear there.

9. Each Kalandar is...
(a) Blind in the right eye.
(b) Blind in the left eye.
(c) Crippled.
(d) Cursed.

10. What is Shams al-Din Mohammed's first daugher's name?
(a) Shibila.
(b) Kandala.
(c) Sushila al-Husn.
(d) Sitt al-Husn.

11. How much money does the Emir end up paying for the Badawi's cucumbers after all bargaining is completed?
(a) 240 dinars.
(b) 50 dinars.
(c) 2180 dinars.
(d) Nothing.

12. What comes out of the black jar after the fisherman rubs it?
(a) Sand.
(b) 20 dinars.
(c) A Jinni.
(d) A demon.

13. To whom does Abdullah first report this newfound news?
(a) The Wazir.
(b) His wife.
(c) The Caliph.
(d) King Shaddad.

14. In the story of The Sweep and The Noble Lady, where does the sweep work?
(a) At a tailor's.
(b) In a nobleman's home.
(c) In a gold merchant's home.
(d) In a slaughterhouse.

15. In the story of Ali The Persian, bread, a lemon, cheese, and olives are found where?
(a) Under a tree.
(b) On the Caliph's doorstep.
(c) In the bag.
(d) In the palace of the king.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the lion cub demand of the carpenter?

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

4. What do the King of Himyar's servants do for him in the evening after his dream about Hatim?

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

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