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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. _______ seize the sweep while he is working and bring him to the noble lady.
(a) Eunuchs.
(b) Jinnis.
(c) Demons.
(d) Angels.

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

4. According to lore, what happened to Kind Shaddad?
(a) He died of an evil curse.
(b) He was struck dead by Allah.
(c) A Jinni killed him.
(d) He disappeared while hunting.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the ruined man find after digging in his backyard?

2. Who sends the angel?

3. Upon meeting the angel, the hermit does what?

4. What does the husband do when he finds an apple missing the first time?

5. What does Abdullah, Son of Abi Kalibah, find while in search?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of a character is the hermit in The Hermits?

2. What is one moral implied by Shahrazad in the Tale of Ghanim in Ayyub, The Distraught, The Thrall O'Love?

3. What kind of moral is offered in the story in The Man Who Stole The Dish of Gold Wherein The Dog Ate?

4. In the story of Nur Al-Din Ali And His Son Al-Din Hasan, how does Shahrazad continue to work towards her goal of convincing King Shahhryar to change his beliefs about women?

5. What might Shahrazad be suggesting through her tale to the king in The Hermits?

6. What humorous fact is revealed in regards to the two men fighting for the bag in Ali The Persian?

7. Through this story of Nur Al-Din Ali And His Son Al-Din Hasan, how does Shahrazad indirectly remind King Shahryar of the value of family?

8. How do faith and destiny align in The Tale of Kamar Al-Zaman?

9. Of what symbolic use were the tokens (signet rings) to the two lovestruck characters in The Tale of Kamar Al-Zaman?

10. What does Shahrazad teach the king through her story In The Tale of Ma'an Son of Zaidah and The Badawi?

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