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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) Pride and Prejudice.
(b) A Thousand and One Nights.
(c) The Liberation of Women.
(d) Egyptian Political History.

2. What did Yasmina like to do that caused Grandfather Tazi to think she was eccentric?
(a) Staying up all night.
(b) Climbing trees and hanging on the branches.
(c) Smoking.
(d) Cursing.

3. Who was Leila Mourad?
(a) Prime minister.
(b) Egyptian movie star.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Teacher.

4. What kind of transportation did Mernissi's father and uncle use when she was a young child?
(a) Cars.
(b) Horses.
(c) Bicycles.
(d) Mules.

5. How often did the women of Tazi's farm go to the public baths?
(a) Three times a week.
(b) Once every two weeks.
(c) Every other day.
(d) Daily.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What color uniforms did the French soldiers wear when Mernissi was young?

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

4. What did Aunt Habiba encourage the women to believe in while she was telling stories?

5. What did the women in Mernissi's house value that was dismissed as trivial by the men?

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