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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. According to the First Kalandar, when he returned to his kingdom for the first time, he found what?
(a) His palace to have been overtaken by his Wazir.
(b) The palace had turned to stone.
(c) His wife had run away with the Wazir.
(d) His Wazir had fled the palace.

2. What do the peahen and antelope agree upon as their only protection?
(a) Praising Allah.
(b) Traveling to another island.
(c) Avoiding the lynx.
(d) Joining the holy man.

3. In The Tale of the Three Apples, what did the woman's husband bring her when she was ill?
(a) Five apples.
(b) Ten apples.
(c) Three apples.
(d) A slave.

4. What does the Emir do after meeting the nomad and returning home?
(a) Tells his servants to find the nomad.
(b) Sends his servants to serve a feast.
(c) Consults with his holy man.
(d) Changes into his fine garments.

5. In The Tale of Kamar al-Zaman, what do Maymunah and Dahnash bet over before going to Kamar?
(a) Who can find the golden necklace for the prince?
(b) Who can find Kamar first?
(c) Who is the most beautiful- prince or princess?
(d) Who is going to marry Kamar?

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lady Zubaydah order her staff to do to look as though they are mourning Kut's death?

2. Bukhayt was sold as a slave at the age of what?

3. What do the King of Himyar's servants do for him in the evening after his dream about Hatim?

4. In The Tale of the Three Apples, who does the Caliph decree responsible for the woman's death?

5. King Shaddad's son inscribed the king's tomb with what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How in the Tale of Ghanim in Ayyub, The Distraught, The Thrall O'Love does Shahrazad strive to replace King Shahryar's distrust of women with doubt over his belief?

2. In The Tale of Ma'an Son of Zaidah and The Badawi, how does the Emir reward loyalty?

3. What qualities does the Caliph show through his actions towards the sisters and princes in the Porter and The Three Ladies of Baghdad?

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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