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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. Upon meeting the angel, the hermit does what?
(a) Ignores it.
(b) Sends it away.
(c) Makes it his slave.
(d) Takes it as a pet.

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

3. What is contained in the handkerchief that the noble lady gives the sweep?
(a) Ten dinars.
(b) Thirty ducats.
(c) Fifty miskals of gold.
(d) One miskal of silver.

4. In what location does The Tale of Kamar Al-Zaman begin?
(a) The Caves of Mt. Shala.
(b) The Canary Islands.
(c) The coast of China.
(d) Baghdad.

5. For how long does Ghanim live in Baghdad?
(a) Six months.
(b) Three months.
(c) Three years.
(d) One year.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the story of The Sweep and The Noble Lady, where does the sweep work?

3. What would Kafur do each year as a boy?

4. Where does the hermit live?

5. Where does the Ensorcelled Prince's wicked wife build the tomb for the crippled slave?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the story of The Ruined Man Who Became Rich Again Through A Dream, Shahrazad reminds King Shahryar that a life lived in faith is rewarding. Why is this an important reminder from Shahrazad to the king?

2. What message through the story is meant for the King from Shahrazad in The City of Many-Columned Iram and Abdullah Son of Abi Kalibah?

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

4. How might Shahrazad's tale in The Tale of The Three Apples whittle away at the king's assumption that all women are faithless and untrustworthy?

5. How is the main character in the story of The Ruined Man Who Became Rich Again Through A Dream rewarded for his faith?

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

7. Correlate the experience of visiting the Caliph for help/direction in the Porter and The Three Ladies of Baghdad to visiting another person of power for help in the present day.

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

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

10. What is the purpose of Shahrazad telling this story In Hatim Of the Tribe of Tayy to the King?

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