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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. For how long does Ghanim live in Baghdad?

2. What was Ma'an doing when he became separated from the rest of his company?

3. What is sent to the hermit after the angel?

4. Who is the first person that the animals in The Tale of The Birds And The Beasts And The Carpenter meet?

5. _______ seize the sweep while he is working and bring him to the noble lady.

Short Essay Questions

1. What might Shahrazad be suggesting through her tale to the king in The Hermits?

2. What is the purpose of Shahrazad telling this story In Hatim Of the Tribe of Tayy to the King?

3. What could one say might be the moral of this story in The Tale of The Birds And The Beasts And The Carpenter?

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. Describe the character of the man burdened with debts in The Man Who Stole The Dish of Gold Wherein The Dog Ate.

6. What is one moral implied by Shahrazad in the Tale of Ghanim in Ayyub, The Distraught, The Thrall O'Love?

7. What are the fundamental differences in value systems between the duck and the three other animals; peahen, peacock and antelope metioned in The Tale of The Birds And The Beasts And The Carpenter?

8. What is the purpose of Shahrazad deciding to tell this seemingly innocuous story to the king in Ali The Persian?

9. How do faith and destiny align in The Tale of Kamar Al-Zaman?

10. What kind of moral is offered in the story in The Man Who Stole The Dish of Gold Wherein The Dog Ate?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In The Tale of Kamar Al-Zaman, Kamar and Budur not only played great human/mortal part to make their life together possible, but a string of seemingly unforeseen events also play a part in their stories/lives, which gives the listener the feel that both human intention and fate play a part in people's lives. How do other characters in other tales continue to bring this concept home to the king of the interconnectedness between fate, human decisions, and devotion to Allah?

Please choose from these stories:

1. Hatim and The Tribe of Tayy

2. The Hermit

3. Sindbad the Seaman and Sindbad the Landsman

4. The Tale of the Birds and the Beasts and the Carpenter

Essay Topic 2

In this tale of Alaeddin: Or, The Wonderful Lamp, Shahrazad creates a character of mythological proportions who achieves greatness despite social, financial, educational, and logical obstacles. Perhaps it is Shahrazad's goal to humanize the poor through one individual so that the king can appreciate that the poor are as human as he is. Please expand upon all aspects of Alaeddin's struggles in relation to the king's own. Compare and contrast their similarities and differences.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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