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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the story of The Lady And Her Five Suitors, how many days do the locked-up men go without food or water?
(a) Five days.
(b) Three days.
(c) Six days.
(d) Two days.

2. How does Abu stay away from his old friends in The Sleeper And The Waker?
(a) By cursing his old friends.
(b) By moving his house to Cairo.
(c) By hiring spies to know where they are.
(d) By inviting strangers to his home.

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

4. Where is Alaeddin sealed when he fails to give the lamp to the wizard?
(a) A palace.
(b) The baths.
(c) The Jinni's house.
(d) The Sardab.

5. What does King Sabur release the Persian from in the story of The Ebony Horse?
(a) An underwater cave.
(b) Jail.
(c) A curse.
(d) A tower.

6. Why does Fatimah plot to steal the magic ring?
(a) She is afraid the jinni's power will be used against her.
(b) She is jealous of Ma'aruf's concubines.
(c) She wants to sell it.
(d) She wants to destroy it.

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

8. 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) Fatimah.
(c) Marid.
(d) The Sultan.

9. What kind of fish is the first one Khalifah catches in Khalifah The Fisherman of Baghdad?
(a) A stingray.
(b) A herring.
(c) A bottle fish.
(d) A catfish.

10. Who comes up on a mule to Judar with a strange request to throw him in the lake?
(a) A moor.
(b) A hamm.
(c) A Jinn.
(d) A merchant.

11. In the story of The Ebony Horse, how many wise men arrived at King Sabur's palace?
(a) Six.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

12. To whom does Khalifah sell his first fish?
(a) Sinbad.
(b) Lahiji.
(c) Abu.
(d) Balanan.

13. What does the Persian give King Sabur in the story of The Ebony Horse?
(a) A woman.
(b) A gold elephant.
(c) A black horse.
(d) Three peacocks.

14. What color does the city that Abu Kir returns to dye all their clothes in Abu Kir The Dyer And Abu Sir The Barber?
(a) Blue.
(b) Green.
(c) Red.
(d) Black.

15. What did Caliph bin Marwan hear about involving Lord Solomon in the story The City of Brass?
(a) That he was worshiping Jinns.
(b) That he was trapping Jinns in bottles.
(c) That he was casting curses against Marwan with Jinns.
(d) That he was letting Jinns die in bottles.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long was Abu Hasan a bodyguard for the foreign king in the story of How Abu Hasan Broke Wind?

2. In the story The Angel of Death With The Proud King And The Devout Man, what privilege is given the pious man when his death his imminent?

3. What does the Indian man give King Sabur in the story of The Ebony Horse?

4. Why does Princess Dunya ask the Sultan to wait for four months and ten days before she will accept him?

5. 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?

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