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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. What program did the women of the harem like to listen to on the radio?
(a) BBC.
(b) Radio Cairo.
(c) News.
(d) Soap Operas.

2. How many communal tables were there at Mernissi's house in Fez?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Six.
(d) One.

3. What did Mernissi have trouble pronouncing when she was young?
(a) Words with "th" in them.
(b) "P" words.
(c) Rolling her Rs.
(d) "B" words.

4. What kind of classes did Mernissi's mother want to take at the neighborhood school?
(a) Science.
(b) Literacy.
(c) Literature.
(d) Mathematics.

5. Why did the children get treated with indulgence by the women of the harem?
(a) They were so well behaved.
(b) They thought children should never be punished.
(c) Treating children well meant they would be rewarded by Allah.
(d) Because they knew that the children could tell the men what they were doing.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Mina, the Rootless," who did Mernissi say she was having difficulties with during their conversations?

2. What was the tradition that Mernissi's mother followed after her beauty treatments were finished?

3. Who landed at Casablanca Airport for the first time in November, 1942?

4. What did Mina think of terrace magic?

5. Who is Fatima Mernissi?

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