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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 instrument did Uncle Karim play?

2. What color uniforms did the French soldiers wear when Mernissi was young?

3. Who was Asmahan?

4. How did Mernissi get hurt the first time she tried to escape the harem?

5. In "The French Harem," what does Mernissi say she had to have permission to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the women escape from the house by using the terrace route?

3. Describe the kind of clothing Mernissi was dressed in as a child.

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

5. What was life like for Mernissi in the upstairs quarters of her home?

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

7. Did Yasmina feel close to her co-wives?

8. How did Samir usually get his way with adults?

9. Describe Yasmina's appearance.

10. How did the harem in the city differ from the one at Mernissi's grandfather's farm?

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

Compare the quality of life for women in the harems in Fez and on Grandfather Tazi's farm. Who seemed to have more freedom?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Mernissi and Samir's relationship. What did they share when they were young and how did it change when Mernissi turned nine? What caused the rift between them?

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