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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. Bukhayt was sold as a slave at the age of what?
(a) Four.
(b) Seven.
(c) Five.
(d) Thirteen.

2. Of the men questioned by the Three Ladies of Baghdad, who was known to have loved sailing the seas?
(a) The Prince.
(b) The Second Kalandar,
(c) The First Kalandar.
(d) The Third Kalandar.

3. What does the lion cub demand of the carpenter?
(a) To kill the duck.
(b) To build him a box.
(c) To build him a bridge.
(d) To take him along.

4. What did the King of Himyar see in his dream?
(a) Hatim slaying his camel.
(b) Birds plucking at Hatim's eyes.
(c) Angels singing.
(d) Birds taking Hatim away.

5. The wealthy man gives food to his dogs in gold bowls. How many dogs does he have?
(a) Five.
(b) Six.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many sons does the Wazir of Cairo have?

2. What is sent to the hermit after the angel?

3. When the King of Himyar awoke, what did he find?

4. Where is the ruined man told to go in his dream?

5. In The Tale of the Portress in Chapter 3, what is the title of the third sister?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the fundamental differences in value systems between the duck and the three other animals; peahen, peacock and antelope metioned in The Tale of The Birds And The Beasts And The Carpenter?

2. In the opening chapter of The Story of King Shahryar And His Brother, Shahrazad is spared eligibility for beheading because she is one of the Wazir's daughters. Is her request to marry the king an act of fate/Allah's power, or rather an a human aspect of her personality?

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

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

5. In The Sweep and The Noble Lady, how did the Emir's pardon of the sweep seem just, although it was not the ultimate punishment (death)?

6. 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?

7. What does Shahrazad teach the king through The Sweep and The Noble Lady?

8. 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?

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

10. What does the circular nature and connectedness of the happenings in The Tale of The Three Apples imply?

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