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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18 through 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Mernissi perform during Chama's play productions?
(a) Cello.
(b) Lead actor.
(c) Opera.
(d) Acrobatic leaps.

2. What did Aunt Habiba use to get to the forbidden terrace?
(a) Stairs.
(b) Rope.
(c) Laundry bucket.
(d) Laundry poles.

3. What did Mernissi say was the cure for hem?
(a) Eating.
(b) Taking medicine.
(c) Beauty and quiet.
(d) Sleep.

4. Who was Krisha?
(a) Security guard.
(b) Driver of the harem farm women.
(c) Farmer.
(d) Man of authority.

5. Who had trouble sitting through a dance ritual and was shown to the door?
(a) Samir.
(b) Aunt Habiba.
(c) Chama.
(d) Fatima.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did it take for Aunt Habiba to embroider her black velvet caftan?

2. What did Mernissi have trouble pronouncing when she was young?

3. What was the Egyptian feminist Huda Sha'raoui known for?

4. Who was Scheherazade?

5. Who was Samir?

(see the answer key)

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