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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 through 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what time did the doorkeeper in Mernissi's childhood home turn off the stair lights at night?
(a) Midnight.
(b) 10 p.m.
(c) 9 p.m.
(d) 8 p.m.

2. What color uniforms did the French soldiers wear when Mernissi was young?
(a) Blue.
(b) Green.
(c) Gray.
(d) Red.

3. Who told Mernissi that she should never accept inequality because it was not logical?
(a) Her father.
(b) Yasmina.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Grandfather Tazi.

4. What did Mernissi's mother dream about in terms of her family life in "Moonlit Nights of Laughter"?
(a) Living alone with her husband and children.
(b) Having more money than her mother-in-law.
(c) Living on the farm with her mother.
(d) Travelling around the world.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mernissi say she wanted to learn from Aunt Habiba?

2. In what year did Tamou arrive at Grandfather Tazi's farm?

3. What cloth was the small veil, or litham, made of that the nationalists' wives wore?

4. What kind of clothing did Mernissi wear when she was young?

5. What did Mernissi's grandmother expect the children in the city harem to do when they visited her?

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