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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14 trhough 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Zin borrow from his father for his costumes for Chama's plays?
(a) Turbans and capes.
(b) Walking stick.
(c) Rope belts.
(d) Shoes.

3. Which woman of the harem was occasionally affected by hem?
(a) Malika.
(b) Mernissi's grandmother.
(c) Mernissi's mother.
(d) Chama.

4. What did the teacher Lalla Tam say about having debts?
(a) Debts were a nuisance.
(b) Let others repay your debts.
(c) A good Muslim always paid her debts.
(d) Debts could be left to themselves.

5. What did Yasmina say was the worst thing for a woman to be cut off from?
(a) Nature.
(b) Learning to read.
(c) Housework.
(d) Social time with the other wives.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mernissi describe "Hanan"?

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

3. How did Asmahan die?

4. Who rescued Mernissi when she got stuck in the olive jars she had slid into?

5. What did Mernissi come to associate wearing caftans with during her childhood?

(see the answer key)

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