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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. In the story The Angel of Death With The Proud King And The Devout Man, a king full of ______ is stopped by a man in rags.
(a) Food.
(b) Embarrassment.
(c) Envy.
(d) Pride.

2. After the two brothers' rule and they have died, there is a period of _______ until a wise ruler discovers the book in the treasury.
(a) Joy.
(b) Decay.
(c) Peace.
(d) War.

3. In Sindbad The Seaman And Sindbad The Landsman, how many voyages does Sindbad The Seaman have?
(a) Seven.
(b) Three.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Eight.

4. In the story of The Lady And Her Five Suitors, to whom does the woman appeal when her lover is put in jail?
(a) The King.
(b) The Caliph.
(c) The Prince.
(d) The Chief of Police.

5. Why does Fatimah plot to steal the magic ring?
(a) She is jealous of Ma'aruf's concubines.
(b) She wants to destroy it.
(c) She wants to sell it.
(d) She is afraid the jinni's power will be used against her.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What is Khalifah's first catch in Khalifah The Fisherman of Baghdad?

4. Towards the end, the lamp Jinni reveals that the necromancer is posing as what character in Alaeddin: Or, The Wonderful Lamp?

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

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

3. 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?

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

5. 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?

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

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

8. How is Abu Kir's life like his business in Abu Kir The Dyer And Abu Sir The Barber?

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

10. 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?

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