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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 story of The Ebony Horse, how many wise men arrived at King Sabur's palace?

2. In Sindbad The Seaman And Sindbad The Landsman, how many voyages does Sindbad The Seaman have?

3. How long does Judar spend fishing in the story Judar And His Brethren?

4. What embarrassing thing happens to Abu Hasan at the celebration in the story of How Abu Hasan Broke Wind?

5. What sweet does Fatimah demand her husband bring home one day?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Abu-al Hasan make his way into the upper echelons of the Caliph's palace in The Sleeper And The Waker?

2. What goal in Alaedddin: Or, The Wonderful Lamp may Shahrazad been trying to achieve through this story to the king?

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

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

5. 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?

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

7. 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?

8. 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?

9. Consider the saying "One cannot fully escape the past." How is this saying proven in Ma'aruf The Cobbler And His Wife Fatimah?

10. What in How Abu Hasan Bake Wind does Shahrazad imply about shame?

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 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 3

How, throughout Ali Baba And The Forty Thieves, is justice served for Ali Baba, Morgiana, the thieves, and Ali's family? Cite at least 5 examples from the story evidencing how justice prevailed despite many harrowing plot twists.

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