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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Grandfather Tazi have built for Tamou after she became one of his wives?

2. What did Mernissi's mother like to do in order to eat dinner alone with her family?

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

4. Who was Scheherazade?

5. What foreign language could Tamou speak fluently?

Short Essay Questions

1. What worried Samir and Mernissi about Hitler?

2. How does Mernissi describe the Germans?

3. What did Chama enjoy doing?

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

5. What did Mernissi's mother say to her daughter about rebelling against her?

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

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

8. Why does Mernissi call Aunt Habiba the "high priestess of imagination"?

9. When did Tamou arrive at Grandfather Tazi's farm?

10. How did Grandfather Tazi try and persuade Yasmina to stop calling her duck Thor after his first wife?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How was Aunt Habiba a mentor for the young Mernissi? What did she teach Mernissi about dreams and imagination? In what way did Mernissi wish to be like her aunt?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the significance of beauty rituals in harem life. What did Aunt Habiba mean when she said "Skin is political"? In what way did the women's beauty rituals scare the men?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Thor and Yasmina's relationship. Why did Yasmina dislike Thor? What did she do that angered Thor? How did Yasmina resolve the conflict?

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