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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What section of the harem did Mernissi's mother and Chama walk in to get to the movies?
(a) Men's.
(b) Rebel's.
(c) With the children.
(d) Elderly section.

2. What did Mernissi's mother dream about in terms of her family life in "Moonlit Nights of Laughter"?
(a) Travelling around the world.
(b) Living alone with her husband and children.
(c) Living on the farm with her mother.
(d) Having more money than her mother-in-law.

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

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

5. What did Yasmina want Mernissa to concentrate on instead of rules and barriers in "The Harem Within"?
(a) Studying latin.
(b) Fun, laughter, and happiness.
(c) Reading and writing.
(d) Learning about plants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language did Zin master?

2. What was Lalla Thor's personality like?

3. What did Mernissi have to do every night as a child at sundown when the lights were turned on?

4. What did Mernissi's mother say to Mernissi when she tried to rebel against her?

5. Where did Asmahan have a beauty spot on her face?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Mernissi consider the French soldiers to be fearful of the citizens of Medina?

2. Why did Yasmina and the other co-wives admire Tamou?

3. Why did Lalla Radia believe that harems were wonderful?

4. What was Ahmed's role in the Mernissi household?

5. Why did Mernissi admire Asmahan?

6. Why did moonlight picnics make Mernissi's mother happy?

7. What did Mernissi like about Chama's theory about how the harem first got started?

8. What part of communal life did Mernissi's mother hate the most?

9. What was Mernissi's mother's reaction when Mernissi wore her head scarf?

10. Why did the women of the farm harem decide to wash the dishes in the river?

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