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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 Mina think of terrace magic?

2. Which young woman was the best at giving love glances?

3. What kind of bird did Chama and Mernissi's mother embroider on Chama's red silk qamis?

4. What did Mernissi want to influence with her magic spells?

5. When Mernissi wanted information about how to do the love glance from Malika, what did Malika want for payment?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Mina feel optimistic about the future for women?

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

3. What did the big bird design Aunt Habiba was stitching symbolize to her?

4. Why did Mernissi dislike the third chamber of the hamman?

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

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

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 Mernissi's mother tame her daughter's unruly hair?

10. How did Mina help Mernissi get out of the olive jar when she was stuck?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Mernissi's mother's search for happiness. In her restricted world, what choices did she make to try and improve her life? What did she tell her daughter about happiness?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Chama's plays and their importance in the harem. How did they provide entertainment and knowledge? In what ways did the women discover hidden talents because of the plays?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the symbolism of the forbidden terrace. Why did the children and depressed women wish to go to the terrace? How did lives seem to change and grow because of the terrace?

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