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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 does Mernissi say about the men's political discussions in "The Men's Salon"?

2. What did Yasmina say was the worst thing for a woman to be cut off from?

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

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

5. What did Mernissi's grandmother expect the children in the city harem to do when they visited her?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Mernissi harem prepare to go on a picnic in the country?

2. What did Fatima Mernissi do as a child while she waited for her mother to wake up each morning?

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

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

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

6. Describe Yasmina's appearance.

7. What happened when Chama tried to follow her male cousins to the movies?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Yasmina's view of harems. What did she dislike about being in a harem? How did she view her co-wives? How did she provide comfort to wives who felt lonely?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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