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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 Julnar, The Sea-Born And Her Son King Badr Basim of Persia, what does the maiden deliver?
(a) She is not able to deliver children.
(b) Twins.
(c) A boy.
(d) A girl.

2. 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?
(a) Lives happily ever after.
(b) Lives the life of a monk.
(c) Cries to an old woman.
(d) Lives in exile.

3. What is the name of the tribe of blacks encountered towards the end of the story of The City of Brass?
(a) Hagh.
(b) Hamm.
(c) Balakrishnan.
(d) Sons of Abraham.

4. In the story The City of Brass, how many people are in Emir Musa's traveling party to where the cucurbites are found?
(a) 2003.
(b) 2000.
(c) 3.
(d) 203.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Maghribi wizard pose as in Alaeddin: Or, The Wonderful Lamp?

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

3. In Sindbad The Seaman And Sindbad The Landsman, the first Sindbad introduced stops to pray in front of what?

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

5. Who does King Shahryar invite to his wedding of Shahrazad?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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. 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?

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

7. Why might it be in Shahrazad's interests to decide to tell this story to the king in The City of Brass?

8. 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?

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

10. In what ways in Judar And His Brethren does Shahrazad personify evil throughout her story?

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