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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Zin mean?
(a) Desire.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Scholarship.
(d) Swiftness.
2. Who played the part of the Prince Hassan in the play about Asmahan?
(a) Chama.
(b) Samir.
(c) Zin.
(d) Fatima.
3. What did Krisha's wife not like to do?
(a) Garden.
(b) Read.
(c) Housework.
(d) Sing.
4. What section of the harem did Mernissi's mother and Chama walk in to get to the movies?
(a) Elderly section.
(b) Men's.
(c) With the children.
(d) Rebel's.
5. What did Mernissi's mother say she wanted for her daughters when they were older?
(a) Exciting, happy lives.
(b) To know how to play an instrument.
(c) To live in a happy harem.
(d) To know how to cook.
6. What was Lalla Thor's personality like?
(a) Funny and full of pranks.
(b) Sweet.
(c) Serious, proper, and correct.
(d) Tender.
7. What color uniforms did the French soldiers wear when Mernissi was young?
(a) Blue.
(b) Red.
(c) Green.
(d) Gray.
8. What was Mernissi's father's favorite drink?
(a) Coconut milk.
(b) Tea.
(c) Milk shake with almonds and orange flower essence.
(d) Chocolate milk.
9. What were the streets of Medina like when Mernissi was growing up?
(a) Well-lit.
(b) Narrow, dark, and serpentine.
(c) Tree-lined.
(d) Large and straight.
10. What cloth was the small veil, or litham, made of that the nationalists' wives wore?
(a) Wool.
(b) Sheer silk chiffon.
(c) Heavy cotton.
(d) Polyester.
11. What book did Mernissi's mother request that her husband read to her?
(a) Egyptian Political History.
(b) The Liberation of Women.
(c) A Thousand and One Nights.
(d) Pride and Prejudice.
12. As a child, who did Mernissi have to wait for in order to go into the courtyard in the morning?
(a) Aunt.
(b) Mother.
(c) Cousin.
(d) Father.
13. What did Yasmina want Mernissa to concentrate on instead of rules and barriers in "The Harem Within"?
(a) Studying latin.
(b) Learning about plants.
(c) Fun, laughter, and happiness.
(d) Reading and writing.
14. What was shape of the house on Grandfather Tazi's farm where the harem lived?
(a) T-shaped.
(b) Y-shaped.
(c) U-shaped.
(d) L-shaped.
15. What did Mernissi fear about going down the dark stairs at night in her childhood home?
(a) Fear of demons.
(b) Fear of doorkeeper.
(c) Fear of rats.
(d) Fear of falling.
Short Answer Questions
1. What game did Yasmina create to help Mernissi fall asleep in "The French Harem"?
2. What did Mernissi's mother pack for the picnic that her father said to forget about bringing?
3. How does Mernissi describe Granfather Tazi's physical form?
4. How often did the women of Tazi's farm go to the public baths?
5. Who was Krisha?
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