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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14 trhough 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Mernissi's mother dream about doing in "The French Harem"?
(a) Writing stories.
(b) Having picnics.
(c) Roaming freely in the streets.
(d) Visiting her mother.

2. What does Mernissi say about the men's political discussions in "The Men's Salon"?
(a) They were highly emotionally charged.
(b) They were polite.
(c) They got mad and would sulk after discussions.
(d) Most of the men were not interested in politics.

3. Who did Mernissi go with to the forbidden terrace on her first visit?
(a) Malika.
(b) Aunt Habiba.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Chama.

4. What program did the women of the harem like to listen to on the radio?
(a) News.
(b) BBC.
(c) Radio Cairo.
(d) Soap Operas.

5. What did Mernissi and her cousin sleep on when they stayed overnight with Aunt Habiba?
(a) Fold-out couch.
(b) Cots.
(c) King-sized bed.
(d) Bridal carpet.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city was Mernissi born?

2. Who guarded the official means of access to the forbidden terrace?

3. What did Aunt Habiba tell Samir and Mernissi was the greatest gift that Allah had given them?

4. Why did Mernissi cover her hair with her mother's scarf at the public baths?

5. In "The French Harem," what does Mernissi say she had to have permission to do?

(see the answer key)

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