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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 the lady with the five suitors originally request the carpenter to build?
(a) A four section closet with separate locking doors.
(b) A special locking box with two doors.
(c) A five-tiered dresser with locking drawers.
(d) A three-tiered dresser with locking doors.

2. What do the thieves say to open the door of the cave in Ali Baba And The Forty Thieves?
(a) Open, in Simsim."
(b) Oh, Open, Sesame."
(c) Open, Sesame."
(d) "Open, Oh Simsim."

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

4. Who is Baba Mustafa in Ali Baba And The Forty Thieves?
(a) A merchant.
(b) A carpenter.
(c) A shepherd.
(d) A tailor.

5. 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 allowed many years to tell people.
(c) He is given a fortune of gold to spend before death.
(d) He is allowed to have time before death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Caliph bin Marwan hear about involving Lord Solomon in the story The City of Brass?

2. From where does the wizard come in Alaeddin: Or, The Wonderful Lamp?

3. What do Omar's two wicked sons do to Judar after their father dies in the story Judar And His Brethren?

4. Where do Ma'aruf and Fatimah live in Ma'aruf The Cobbler And His Wife Fatimah?

5. How many sons does Shahrazad bear to King Shahryar over the 1001 nights of storytelling?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the constant questioning of Sindbad the Seaman's identity throughout Sindbad The Seaman And Sindbad The Lands change the view of the nature of his character to listeners?

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. In what way could this be a sort of cautionary tale from Shahrazad to the king in The Lady And Her Five Suitors?

5. 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?

6. 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?

7. 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?

8. 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?

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

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

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