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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) Makes it his slave.
(c) Takes it as a pet.
(d) Sends it away.

2. According to the duck, the lion cub received what it had asked for; but how did it die?
(a) The holy man stabbed it.
(b) It drowned.
(c) The carpenter burned it to death.
(d) The lynx attacked it.

3. What did the wealthy man feed to his dogs in gold bowls?
(a) Bread.
(b) Meat.
(c) Fish.
(d) Bones.

4. What does Lady Zubaydah order her staff to do to look as though they are mourning Kut's death?
(a) Cry in the streets.
(b) Tear their clothes.
(c) Tear at their hair.
(d) Dress in black.

5. How does the Chief of Police respond to the ruined man after he is told about the dream?
(a) He ignores him.
(b) He laughs.
(c) He doesn't understand.
(d) He cries.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the end of his story, Bukhayt became the property of ____________.

2. What is the nomad riding on when he meets Ma'an?

3. In The Tale of Kamar Al-Zaman, what does Kamar chase for ten days?

4. In Chapter 1, 'The Fisherman and the Jinni', what does NOT turn up in the fisherman's first three casts?

5. In the story of Ali The Persian, bread, a lemon, cheese, and olives are found where?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

5. 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?

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

7. 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?

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

9. 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?

10. 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)?

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