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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. How does Mernissi describe the harem she lived in in Fez?
(a) Like a fortress.
(b) A fun castle.
(c) Like a storybook fantasy.
(d) A comforting safe haven.

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

3. Who did Mernissi's mother ask to represent her at the meeting about Mernissi's education?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her uncle.
(d) Her brother.

4. What was shape of the house on Grandfather Tazi's farm where the harem lived?
(a) Y-shaped.
(b) U-shaped.
(c) L-shaped.
(d) T-shaped.

5. Who embroidered a big green bird with golden wings?
(a) Fatima.
(b) Aunt Habiba.
(c) Malika.
(d) Chama.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language did Zin master?

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

3. Who said that skin was political?

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

5. What did Mernissi admire about her Aunt Habiba?

(see the answer key)

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