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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. What book did Mernissi's mother request that her husband read to her?
(a) Egyptian Political History.
(b) The Liberation of Women.
(c) Pride and Prejudice.
(d) A Thousand and One Nights.

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

3. What were the streets of Medina like when Mernissi was growing up?
(a) Well-lit.
(b) Tree-lined.
(c) Narrow, dark, and serpentine.
(d) Large and straight.

4. Who played the part of the Prince Hassan in the play about Asmahan?
(a) Fatima.
(b) Samir.
(c) Chama.
(d) Zin.

5. Why did Aunt Habiba have to live in Mernissi's father's household?
(a) She and her husband had lost her home during the war.
(b) She was divorced.
(c) Her husband was a relative.
(d) She was widowed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Aunt Habiba use to get to the forbidden terrace?

2. What reason does Mernissi give for why fresh olives cannot be eaten?

3. What foreign language could Tamou speak fluently?

4. What terrible noise did Mernissi hear when she went to the forbidden terrace?

5. What program did the women of the harem like to listen to on the radio?

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