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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. How did Mernissi say she felt about being transferred to another school?

2. Who said happiness was inconceivable without terraces?

3. Who guarded the official means of access to the forbidden terrace?

4. What did Zin borrow from his father for his costumes for Chama's plays?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Chama get discouraged about her audience when she tried to put on plays?

2. Why did Mernissi become involved with shour, or magic practices?

3. What was Aunt Habiba's rule for the children who attended Sidi Belal's dance?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why did Mernissi like to hide in olive jars?

10. What did Mernissi's mother do when her husband bought her expensive face products from France?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how Mernissi's life changed once institutions for educating girls were approved. What did she like about the nationalist school she transferred to? How did going to this school improve her life?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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