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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. Where does Abu waste half of his father's money in The Sleeper And The Waker?
(a) Cairo.
(b) Alexandria.
(c) Persia.
(d) Baghdad.

2. Who does King Shah Zaman decide to marry after his brother suggests it?
(a) Shahrazad's cousin.
(b) Shahrazad's sister.
(c) Shahrazad's niece.
(d) A concubine who was listening to the stories nearby.

3. In the story The Angel of Death With The Proud King And The Devout Man, what privilege is given the pious man when his death his imminent?
(a) He is killed immediately rather than being made to suffer.
(b) He is given a fortune of gold to spend before death.
(c) He is allowed many years to tell people.
(d) He is allowed to have time before death.

4. When will the key be returned to Abu Kir in Abu Kir The Dyer And Abu Sir The Barber?
(a) When he asks for the key.
(b) After the angry man's goods are returned to him.
(c) When he apologizes to all his customers.
(d) After he begs forgiveness of the king.

5. Who is the last person the lady with the five suitors locks up in the story of The Lady And Her Five Suitors?
(a) The carpenter.
(b) The king.
(c) The Wazir.
(d) Her lover.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes up on a mule to Judar with a strange request to throw him in the lake?

2. In the story The City of Brass, what is the brass statue rider supposed to point to once awakened?

3. After traveling back home in disguise, what does Abu Hasan do for the rest of his days in the story of How Abu Hasan Broke Wind?

4. When Fatimah strikes her husband, what does it do to his face?

5. How do the two brothers serve as king?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is ironic about the fact of Abu Hasan breaking wind in How Abu Hasan Bake Wind?

3. In the Conclusion, King Shahryar's legacy began bloody and ended in peace and prosperity thanks to the gifted storyteller, Shahrazad. Through her stories and her love she changes the heart of the king and her stories live on through the generations. What kind of a reminder can this conclusion offer to humanity on the whole?

4. How is justice served through the story of Ali Baba And The Forty Thieves?

5. What lesson does Shahrazad teach the king through her story in Sindbad The Seaman And Sindbad The Lands?

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

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

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. 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?

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