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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What effect has personal sorrow had on Radwan Hussainy?
(a) It has made him pessimistic and fearful.
(b) It has made him loving and patient.
(c) It has made him cruel and unforgiving.
(d) It has made him sorrowful and despairing.

2. Why does Abbas think Hamida talks of money rather than of love?
(a) Modesty conceals Hamida's real interest in him.
(b) Hamida is only interested in money.
(c) Hamida's love for him has overwhelmed her.
(d) Poverty has colored Hamida's thinking.

3. What is Mrs. Kirsha's personality when she visits Radwan Hussainy?
(a) Mrs. Kirsha is fearful and ashamed.
(b) Mrs. Kirsha is shy and diffident.
(c) Mrs. Kirsha is hesitant and unsure of herself.
(d) Mrs. Kirsha is fearless and shameless.

4. What do Hussain Kirsha's modern friends have that he envies?
(a) Girlfriends.
(b) Steady employment.
(c) Wardrobes.
(d) Electricity.

5. What bad habits does Kirsha have?
(a) Hashish and relations with boys.
(b) Alcohol and hashish.
(c) Coffee and tobacco.
(d) Tobacco and lying.

6. What relation is Mrs. Kirsha to Hamida?
(a) She was a wet nurse to the child.
(b) She is her foster mother.
(c) She is her aunt.
(d) She is secretly her mother.

7. How often does Jaada go to the baths?
(a) Twice a year.
(b) Each month.
(c) Weekly.
(d) Daily.

8. How does Hussain Kirsha feel about his father's erotic adventures?
(a) He thinks it is amusing.
(b) He is scandalized.
(c) He does not want to be the object of gossip and jokes.
(d) He is deeply ashamed.

9. What does Hamida feel for Abbas as they walk together?
(a) Intense aversion.
(b) Deep curiosity.
(c) Neither attraction nor aversion.
(d) Intense attraction.

10. Why does Salim Alwan avoid a political career?
(a) He has never been invited to participate in politics.
(b) He makes more money in commerce.
(c) He does not understand politics.
(d) He does not like politics.

11. What does Mrs. Afify want from Umm Hamida?
(a) A husband.
(b) A love potion.
(c) Fortunetelling.
(d) More rent.

12. What does Salim Alwan believe that Allah has done to make men's lives easier?
(a) Provided for them to marry one woman.
(b) Made hashish legal.
(c) Made sharp bargaining acceptable.
(d) Provided for them to take more than one wife.

13. What stops the engagement of Salim Alwan to Hamida?
(a) Radwan Hussainy talks Salim Alwan out of the idea.
(b) Salim Alwan has a heart attack.
(c) Mrs. Alwan stops Salim Alwan.
(d) Salim Alwan changes his mind.

14. Why does Uncle Kamil say he can never marry?
(a) He is not attracted to women.
(b) His enormous belly is a fortress.
(c) He just hasn't met the right girl.
(d) He is mourning the death of his first wife.

15. How does Husniya react when Zaita reveals himself to her?
(a) She insults his manhood.
(b) She promises to meet him later.
(c) She falls into his arms.
(d) She throws a heavy mug at him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hamida feel about Abbas?

2. What tragedies have befallen Radwan Hussain?

3. How does Zaita treat his clients?

4. How does Salim Alwan deal with his family?

5. What does Husniya tell Zaita he must do before he can talk to people?

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