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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 story Judar And His Brethren, after Omar dies, what do his two wicked sons do?
(a) Run away in fear.
(b) Fight until they decide to build two more houses.
(c) They rob their mother and drive her out.
(d) Build their mother a house.

2. From where does the wizard come in Alaeddin: Or, The Wonderful Lamp?
(a) Cairo.
(b) Alexandria.
(c) Morocco.
(d) Gomorra.

3. How much money does the Caliph offer to whomever can tell him who died first in Abu's story?
(a) Three thousand dinars.
(b) Ten thousand ducats.
(c) A thousand ducats.
(d) A thousand dinars.

4. What do Omar's two wicked sons do to Judar after their father dies in the story Judar And His Brethren?
(a) They tie him up in the house and starve him.
(b) They rob him of his money stashed in his room.
(c) They beat him for money.
(d) They sue him.

5. 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) Help feed her family while Kasim is gone.
(c) Avenge his tomfoolery.
(d) Look for him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who translates the messages on the seven white marble tablets in the story The City of Brass?

3. To where does Abu return after losing his money and friends in The Sleeper And The Waker?

4. How many Dirams does Sindbad The Seaman have left after squandering most of his money in Sindbad The Seaman And Sindbad The Landsman?

5. In the story Judar And His Brethren, what is the name of the lake where Judar goes fishing?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the ending of this story from The Ebony Horse a very direct and personally-related implication to the king from Shahrazad?

2. What goal in Alaedddin: Or, The Wonderful Lamp may Shahrazad been trying to achieve through this story to the king?

3. In what ways in Judar And His Brethren does Shahrazad personify evil throughout her story?

4. What does Shahrazad illustrate in telling this story to the king in The City of Brass?

5. What is the moral lesson about in The Angel of Death With The Proud King And The Devout Man?

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

7. 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?

8. 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?

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

10. What character trait(s) of the men in the story Julnar The Sea-Born And Her Son King Badr Basim of Persia allow(s) them to be ensnared by Queen Lab?

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