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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 Maghribi wizard pose as in Alaeddin: Or, The Wonderful Lamp?
(a) A slave.
(b) A Jinni.
(c) A long lost uncle.
(d) A long lost cousin.

2. To whom does Khalifah sell his first fish?
(a) Abu.
(b) Sinbad.
(c) Balanan.
(d) Lahiji.

3. 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) It is her period of widowhood.
(c) She is waiting for her inheritance.
(d) Her husband is sick and dying.

4. In the story of How Abu Hasan Broke Wind, Abu Hasan holds a great celebration in the City of ______ of Al-Yaman.
(a) Kaukaban.
(b) Balakrishna.
(c) Aranka.
(d) Al-Kaman.

5. What does the first animal that is caught tell Khalifah to do?
(a) Become a monk.
(b) Go to Cairo.
(c) Cast his net again.
(d) Praise Allah more often.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story of How Abu Hasan Broke Wind, what is the great celebration Abu Hasan is throwing?

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

3. After the two brothers' rule and they have died, there is a period of _______ until a wise ruler discovers the book in the treasury.

4. What does Kasim's wife ask Ali Baba to do after Kasim has been gone so long in Ali Baba And The Forty Thieves?

5. Alaeddin is such a lazy good for nothing that he refuses to learn his father's trade as a what?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. 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?

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

6. 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?

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

8. Consider the saying, "The clothes maketh the man." How is this proven in Alaedddin: Or, The Wonderful Lamp?

9. 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?

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

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