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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. In The Tale of The Birds And The Beasts And The Carpenter, who are the first two characters that the duck meets?
(a) The peahen and the cub.
(b) The peacock and the monkey.
(c) The peacock and peahen.
(d) The lynx and the lion.

2. When Ajib sees his father the first time, he believes him to be a what?
(a) A merchant.
(b) Cook.
(c) A slave.
(d) A demon.

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

4. The eldest of the Three Ladies of Baghdad speaks of two black dogs. Who are they?
(a) Gifts from the Third Kalandar.
(b) Cursed Jinnis.
(c) The Eldest Lady's sisters.
(d) The pets of the First Kalandar.

5. Who is Gobbo?
(a) An old slave.
(b) An old eunich.
(c) An evil demon.
(d) An ugly hunchback.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Ma'an doing when he became separated from the rest of his company?

2. In the story of Hatim of the Tribe of Tayy, why did the King of Himyar camp near Hatim's tomb?

3. Who are the ass, fine horse, and camel running away from to avoid being enslaved in The Tale of The Birds And The Beasts And The Carpenter?

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

5. If the tale impresses the Caliph, what does he promise to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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)?

4. In Hatim Of the Tribe of Tayy, how does this story blur the lines between the living and the dead?

5. What is the purpose of Shahrazad deciding to tell this seemingly innocuous story to the king in Ali The Persian?

6. 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?

7. In The Story of King Shahryar and His Brother, the tale within a tale about the fisherman and the Jinni demonstrates the power of what kind of belief system?

8. 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?

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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