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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. How many sons does Shahrazad bear to King Shahryar over the 1001 nights of storytelling?
(a) None.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

2. In the story Judar And His Brethren, what is the name of the lake where Judar goes fishing?
(a) Allaha.
(b) Kharakan.
(c) Karun.
(d) Debal.

3. Where is Alaeddin sealed when he fails to give the lamp to the wizard?
(a) The Jinni's house.
(b) The baths.
(c) The Sardab.
(d) A palace.

4. Where do Ma'aruf and Fatimah live in Ma'aruf The Cobbler And His Wife Fatimah?
(a) Cairo.
(b) Baghdad.
(c) Alexandria.
(d) Damascus.

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) The Sultan.
(c) Ja'far.
(d) Fatimah.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the powerful wizard who came to Alaeddin when he was fifteen?

3. What does the king do when confronted by the man in rags in the story The Angel of Death With The Proud King And The Devout Man?

4. In Sindbad The Seaman And Sindbad The Landsman, the first Sindbad introduced stops to pray in front of what?

5. In the story The Angel of Death With The Proud King And The Devout Man, what does the king who was stopped by the man in rags do so that people could admire him?

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. Consider the saying "One cannot fully escape the past." How is this saying proven in Ma'aruf The Cobbler And His Wife Fatimah?

3. How does Abu-al Hasan make his way into the upper echelons of the Caliph's palace in The Sleeper And The Waker?

4. Consider the phrases, "All lies become revealed in time," and "time heals all wounds". How is this played out/proven in Abu Kir The Dyer And Abu Sir The Barber?

5. 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?

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

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

8. 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?

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

10. Why might it be in Shahrazad's interests to decide to tell this story to the king in The City of Brass?

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