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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 does the anxiety prayer "Ya Latif" mean?
(a) Peace.
(b) O Sensitive One.
(c) Love.
(d) Laughter.

2. What was the tradition that Mernissi's mother followed after her beauty treatments were finished?
(a) She would carefully put away all her beauty cosmetics.
(b) She would spend time with her children.
(c) She would kiss her mother-in-law's hand.
(d) She would walk around the courtyard singing.

3. What did the children like to play hide-and-go-seek in?
(a) Olive jars.
(b) The courtyard.
(c) Mernissi's grandmother's salon.
(d) Aunt Habiba's room.

4. Who was Ahmed?
(a) Mernissi's brother.
(b) Doorkeeper.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Vistor from foreign land.

5. What color dress did Mernissi wear when she sang nationalist songs for her grandmother?
(a) Green.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Blue.
(d) White.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Leila Mourad?

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

3. Who said happiness was inconceivable without terraces?

4. Who told Mernissi that if she wanted to be happy, she should get up early in the morning?

5. Who said that Mernissi's mother was a bad influence on Chama?

(see the answer key)

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