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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 Kir live in Abu Kir The Dyer And Abu Sir The Barber?
(a) Cairo.
(b) Alexandria.
(c) Baghdad.
(d) Damascus.
2. What sweet does Fatimah demand her husband bring home one day?
(a) Red snapper.
(b) Honey milk toast.
(c) Kunafa.
(d) Jelabi.
3. Where do Ma'aruf and Fatimah live in Ma'aruf The Cobbler And His Wife Fatimah?
(a) Alexandria.
(b) Baghdad.
(c) Damascus.
(d) Cairo.
4. In the story of How Abu Hasan Broke Wind, what is the great celebration Abu Hasan is throwing?
(a) His son's birth.
(b) Ramadan.
(c) A wedding.
(d) His son's birthday.
5. Which of their three sons do Omar, a Cairo merchant, and his wife love and trust most in the story Judar And His Brethren?
(a) Salam.
(b) Salim.
(c) Judar.
(d) Hussein.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who comes up on a mule to Judar with a strange request to throw him in the lake?
2. Who does King Shahryar invite to his wedding of Shahrazad?
3. Alaeddin is such a lazy good for nothing that he refuses to learn his father's trade as a what?
4. 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?
5. How many Dirams does Sindbad The Seaman have left after squandering most of his money in Sindbad The Seaman And Sindbad The Landsman?
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 does Shahrazad illustrate in telling this story to the king in The City of Brass?
3. What in How Abu Hasan Bake Wind does Shahrazad imply about shame?
4. How is the ending of this story from The Ebony Horse a very direct and personally-related implication to the king from Shahrazad?
5. What moral does Shahrazad imply through her story in the story Julnar The Sea-Born And Her Son King Badr Basim of Persia?
6. What does Shahrazad reinforce to her king through The Sleeper And The Waker?
7. 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?
8. What is the relationship between the Allah and the Caliph in regards to which has the most power in Khalifah The Fisherman of Baghdad?
9. 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?
10. 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?
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