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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many sons does Shahrazad bear to King Shahryar over the 1001 nights of storytelling?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) None.
(d) One.

2. Where do Ma'aruf and Fatimah live in Ma'aruf The Cobbler And His Wife Fatimah?
(a) Cairo.
(b) Damascus.
(c) Baghdad.
(d) Alexandria.

3. What is the maiden's name in the Story Julnar, The Sea-Born And Her Son King Badr Basim of Persia?
(a) Shanti.
(b) Jayalekshmi.
(c) Shriram.
(d) Julnar.

4. In Sindbad The Seaman And Sindbad The Landsman, what does the captain of Sindbad The Seaman's ship cry out about the island as people are disembarking?
(a) That the island is a fish.
(b) Nothing, because the power of speech is taken away from him.
(c) That he is not a captain at all.
(d) That they are all cursed.

5. What sweet does Fatimah demand her husband bring home one day?
(a) Honey milk toast.
(b) Red snapper.
(c) Kunafa.
(d) Jelabi.

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

7. Where did Caliph Abd al-Malik bin Marwan live in the story The City of Brass?
(a) Cairo.
(b) Baghdad.
(c) Israel.
(d) Damascus.

8. How much money is spent on the maiden by the king in the Story Julnar, The Sea-Born And Her Son King Badr Basim of Persia?
(a) Ten thousand ducats.
(b) Five thousand ducats.
(c) Eight thousand ducats.
(d) Eight thousand dinars.

9. When will the key be returned to Abu Kir in Abu Kir The Dyer And Abu Sir The Barber?
(a) After the angry man's goods are returned to him.
(b) After he begs forgiveness of the king.
(c) When he apologizes to all his customers.
(d) When he asks for the key.

10. In the story Judar And His Brethren, what is the name of the lake where Judar goes fishing?
(a) Debal.
(b) Allaha.
(c) Karun.
(d) Kharakan.

11. After he stops him, what does the man in rags tell the king in the story The Angel of Death With The Proud King And The Devout Man?
(a) That he is a monkey trapped in a man's body.
(b) That he is the angel of Good Fortune.
(c) That he is an angel trapped in a man's body.
(d) That he is the Angel of Death.

12. 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.

13. What does the king do when confronted by the man in rags in the story The Angel of Death With The Proud King And The Devout Man?
(a) He laughs and goes on his way.
(b) He curses the man.
(c) He orders the man killed.
(d) He falls dead off his horse.

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

15. In the story of The Lady And Her Five Suitors, what do the men do after being freed?
(a) Fight with each other and go home.
(b) Become close friends under Allah.
(c) Kill each other.
(d) Embarrassingly laugh at one another.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Story Julnar, The Sea-Born And Her Son King Badr Basim of Persia, what does the maiden deliver?

2. Where does Abu waste half of his father's money in The Sleeper And The Waker?

3. Who is Baba Mustafa in Ali Baba And The Forty Thieves?

4. After the two brothers' rule and they have died, there is a period of _______ until a wise ruler discovers the book in the treasury.

5. In the story The Angel of Death With The Proud King And The Devout Man, what does the king who was stopped by the man in rags do so that people could admire him?

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