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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. Who was Mina?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Cousin to Mernissi.
(c) Co-wife.
(d) Slave.

2. What year was Mernissi born?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1940.

3. What was the one thing that Mernissi's mother and Lalla Radia, Samir's mother, agreed upon?
(a) Their friendship with their mother-in-law.
(b) Their belief in harems.
(c) Their hatred of co-wives.
(d) Their love of singing.

4. Who was Leila Mourad?
(a) Egyptian movie star.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Prime minister.
(d) Doctor.

5. Why did Mernissi cover her hair with her mother's scarf at the public baths?
(a) Because her mother told her to.
(b) So she could look glamorous.
(c) To hide from Hitler.
(d) She wanted to see what wearing a veil was like.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of competitions did Tamou organize?

2. What did Zin and Jawad wear when they went to the movies?

3. Why did Mina like to go to the forbidden terrace?

4. What did Mernissi admire about her Aunt Habiba?

5. At what time did the doorkeeper in Mernissi's childhood home turn off the stair lights at night?

(see the answer key)

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