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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In The Tale of the Portress in Chapter 3, what is the title of the third sister?
2. Who arrived before the King of Himyer the day following the king's dream?
3. How does the Caliph respond to the story of Ali The Persian?
4. What was Ma'an doing when he became separated from the rest of his company?
5. What did one of the dogs do to the man who stole the gold while they were being fed?
Short Essay Questions
1. Of what symbolic use were the tokens (signet rings) to the two lovestruck characters in The Tale of Kamar Al-Zaman?
2. How is Shahrazad able to hint at the king's faults through this story of The City of Many-Columned Iram and Abdullah Son of Abi Kalibah indirectly?
3. Through this story of Nur Al-Din Ali And His Son Al-Din Hasan, how does Shahrazad indirectly remind King Shahryar of the value of family?
4. What qualities does the Caliph show through his actions towards the sisters and princes in the Porter and The Three Ladies of Baghdad?
5. In the opening chapter of The Story of King Shahryar And His Brother, Shahrazad is spared eligibility for beheading because she is one of the Wazir's daughters. Is her request to marry the king an act of fate/Allah's power, or rather an a human aspect of her personality?
6. What does Shahrazad teach the king through her story In The Tale of Ma'an Son of Zaidah and The Badawi?
7. In the story of The Ruined Man Who Became Rich Again Through A Dream, Shahrazad reminds King Shahryar that a life lived in faith is rewarding. Why is this an important reminder from Shahrazad to the king?
8. What humorous fact is revealed in regards to the two men fighting for the bag in Ali The Persian?
9. What is one moral implied by Shahrazad in the Tale of Ghanim in Ayyub, The Distraught, The Thrall O'Love?
10. What does Shahrazad teach the king through The Sweep and The Noble Lady?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Choose the tale that you feel is the most powerful/poignant one, within one of the following realms of appreciation:
1. Your personal life/impression.
2. The king and his situation within the novel at that moment.
3. The general adult audience of the times.
4. The general adult audience now.
Essay Topic 2
In Abu Kir The Dyer And Abu Sir The Barber, the character of goodness in Abu Sir saves him from the evil actions of his false friend Abu Kir. All lies clearly become revealed in time, and as the saying goes, time heals all wounds. Write an essay outlining and explaining the ways in which the lessons stated above are acted out and proven throughout Abu Kir The Dyer And Abu Sir The Barber.
Essay Topic 3
Shahrazad is clearly an ingenious, persistent, and indelible character in The Arabian Nights and to the people of Persia, both in the book and through the book. Identify the stories she tells that you would find most poignant and pertinent to the People of Persia at the time this book was originally published. Write an essay arguing for the stories that may have been the most important and memorable for the people of the times, and why.
Draw hypotheses and conclusions specifically regarding:
A. What you have learned about Islamic culture/religion.
B. The ages of the stories.
C. The morals offered up in each story.
D. The way by which the stories are told (i.e. fables, humor-based, character sympathy, etc.).
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