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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. What did Mernissi's mother say she wanted for her daughters when they were older?
(a) To know how to play an instrument.
(b) To live in a happy harem.
(c) To know how to cook.
(d) Exciting, happy lives.

2. In what city was Mernissi born?
(a) Fez.
(b) Rome.
(c) Casablanca.
(d) Instanbul.

3. Where did Asmahan have a beauty spot on her face?
(a) Forehead.
(b) Cheek.
(c) Just below her right eye.
(d) Left side of her chin.

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

5. What did Mernissi fear about going down the dark stairs at night in her childhood home?
(a) Fear of rats.
(b) Fear of demons.
(c) Fear of doorkeeper.
(d) Fear of falling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Yasmina want Mernissa to concentrate on instead of rules and barriers in "The Harem Within"?

2. What was shape of the house on Grandfather Tazi's farm where the harem lived?

3. What foreign language could Tamou speak fluently?

4. What did Yaya give the wives of the harem in exchange for them doing her housework?

5. What did Mernissi have to do every night as a child at sundown when the lights were turned on?

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