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

2. What does Zin mean?
(a) Desire.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Scholarship.
(d) Swiftness.

3. What did Krisha's wife not like to do?
(a) Housework.
(b) Sing.
(c) Read.
(d) Garden.

4. Which young woman was the best at giving love glances?
(a) Chama.
(b) Malika.
(c) Mina.
(d) Fatima.

5. What did the women in Mernissi's house value that was dismissed as trivial by the men?
(a) Sewing.
(b) Gossiping.
(c) Baking.
(d) Entertainment.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Mernissi smuggle kohl from her mother's vanity table for Samir?

2. What did Mernissi say were the two most pleasurable aspects of harem life that she wanted to take with her when she was an adult?

3. What planet had to appear in the sky on a Friday evening in order to cast a love spell?

4. What section of the harem did Mernissi's mother and Chama walk in to get to the movies?

5. Who did Mernissi borrow charm books from?

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