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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. Whose room was the forbidden terrace above?

2. What did Aunt Habiba tell Samir and Mernissi was the greatest gift that Allah had given them?

3. Who had trouble sitting through a dance ritual and was shown to the door?

4. What was the name of the well-known and effective djinni exorcist in the Fez region who is described in "Mina, the Rootless"?

5. What did Samir and Malika plan to analyze when they went up to the forbidden terrace?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were love glances and how did Chama use them successfully?

2. How did Mernissi's mother tame her daughter's unruly hair?

3. What did Mernissi like about the way Mina danced?

4. What does Mernissi say were the two things a woman had to do to capture a man's love?

5. Why was Mernissi's mother not allowed to go to literacy classes?

6. What was Mernissi's father's attitude about her mother's beauty rituals?

7. Why did the women of the harem believe that they had to look as ugly as possible during their beauty rituals?

8. Describe Mina's physical appearance.

9. How did Lalla Mani prepare her face mask made of dates?

10. How did Mina survive being put down a well by her kidnappers as a young child?

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

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

Essay Topic 3

How did the appearance of American soldiers in Morocco for the first time impact the harem and their illicit activities on the terrace? Why was Mernissi's father against American products, and what did her mother have to say about women using these products?

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