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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. What does Kasim's wife ask Ali Baba to do after Kasim has been gone so long in Ali Baba And The Forty Thieves?
(a) Take her in.
(b) Avenge his tomfoolery.
(c) Look for him.
(d) Help feed her family while Kasim is gone.

2. What is Khalifah's first catch in Khalifah The Fisherman of Baghdad?
(a) A one-armed monkey.
(b) A one-eyed, lame ape.
(c) A blind lynx.
(d) A deaf bird.

3. In the Story Julnar, The Sea-Born And Her Son King Badr Basim of Persia, what does the maiden deliver?
(a) A girl.
(b) She is not able to deliver children.
(c) Twins.
(d) A boy.

4. Why does Princess Dunya ask the Sultan to wait for four months and ten days before she will accept him?
(a) Her son's birthday is approaching.
(b) Her husband is sick and dying.
(c) It is her period of widowhood.
(d) She is waiting for her inheritance.

5. Towards the end, the lamp Jinni reveals that the necromancer is posing as what character in Alaeddin: Or, The Wonderful Lamp?
(a) Marid.
(b) Fatimah.
(c) Ja'far.
(d) The Sultan.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story The Angel of Death With The Proud King And The Devout Man, a king full of ______ is stopped by a man in rags.

2. In the story of The Lady And Her Five Suitors, how many days do the locked-up men go without food or water?

3. Who is Baba Mustafa in Ali Baba And The Forty Thieves?

4. What is Ali Baba doing when he comes across the forty thieves?

5. What do the thieves say to open the door of the cave in Ali Baba And The Forty Thieves?

Short Essay Questions

1. What moral does Shahrazad imply through her story in the story Julnar The Sea-Born And Her Son King Badr Basim of Persia?

2. In this tale of Ali Baba And The Forty Thieves, Shahrazad presents a servant girl as the hero. What may be the point of this story for Shahrazad in light of the king's attitude towards women?

3. In The Angel of Death With The Proud King And The Devout Man is described a wealthy man and a poor one. What are the fundamental differences in the reasons for why each man personally lived his life?

4. In Khalifah The Fisherman of Baghdad, the reader witnesses the Caliph dispense mercy and cruelty with the whim of someone raised in a position of such absolute power that it distances him from the suffering of the common people, much like the fisherman Khalifah. How could this part of the story relate to Shahrazad's goal of changing the king's ways?

5. In the tale of Ma'aruf The Cobbler And His Wife Fatimah, Shahrazad demonstrates the difference between a good wife and a wicked one. How could this relate to Shahrazad's goals in the long run between herself and the king?

6. What does Shahrazad reinforce to her king through The Sleeper And The Waker?

7. Explore the ironic moments of this story in The Lady And Her Five Suitors.

8. What in How Abu Hasan Bake Wind does Shahrazad imply about shame?

9. What is the relationship between the Allah and the Caliph in regards to which has the most power in Khalifah The Fisherman of Baghdad?

10. In Judar And His Brethren, how does Judar portray his greed?

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