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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) Baghdad.
(b) Persia.
(c) Alexandria.
(d) Cairo.

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

3. In the Story Julnar, The Sea-Born And Her Son King Badr Basim of Persia, the king mourns that none of his 100 concubines has bore him what?
(a) Twins.
(b) A daughter.
(c) A child.
(d) A son.

4. What is the maiden's name in the Story Julnar, The Sea-Born And Her Son King Badr Basim of Persia?
(a) Jayalekshmi.
(b) Julnar.
(c) Shriram.
(d) Shanti.

5. What embarrassing thing happens to Abu Hasan at the celebration in the story of How Abu Hasan Broke Wind?
(a) The Queen breaks wind.
(b) The Prince breaks wind.
(c) Abu Hasan breaks wind.
(d) The Princess breaks wind.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ma'aruf have to go to the Kazi in Ma'aruf The Cobbler And His Wife Fatimah?

2. In Sindbad The Seaman And Sindbad The Landsman, what does the captain of Sindbad The Seaman's ship cry out about the island as people are disembarking?

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

4. How does Abu treat the strangers he entertains after the first visit in The Sleeper And The Waker?

5. Why does Fatimah plot to steal the magic ring?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

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

4. 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?

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

6. What moral does Shahrazad imply through her story in the story Julnar The Sea-Born And Her Son King Badr Basim of Persia?

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

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

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

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

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