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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Hosny relieve tension?
(a) Shopping and gambling.
(b) Racing his boat on the river.
(c) Driving his Ford at high speeds.
(d) Sunbathing on the top of the Miramar.

2. From whom does Zohra turn down a marriage proposal.
(a) Sarhan.
(b) Mahmoud.
(c) Hosny.
(d) Tolba.

3. Who does Mariana evict?
(a) Aleya.
(b) Mahmoud.
(c) Hosny.
(d) Sarhan.

4. How does Tolba feel about the new male boarders?
(a) Distrustful.
(b) Jealous.
(c) Interested in their work.
(d) Resentful.

5. Which of the boarders is a 30-year-old peasant?
(a) Mansour.
(b) Hosny.
(c) None of them.
(d) Sarhan.

6. How does Tolba anger Hosny?
(a) By insinuating that Hosny would never have Zohra.
(b) By insinuating that he and Zohra have had sex.
(c) By speaking well of Sarhan.
(d) By flirting with Zohra.

7. Where does Hosny pick up a girl?
(a) The Corniche.
(b) Metro Einema.
(c) The Trianon.
(d) The Cecil Hotel.

8. What does Amer wish about one mistake he made?
(a) It had ended his marriage.
(b) It had gotten him into a bad marriage.
(c) He had badly injured someone.
(d) It had not precluded his having offspring.

9. What does he think Mariana is?
(a) A retired school teacher.
(b) A scheming old woman.
(c) An aging madame.
(d) A sweet grandmotherly matron.

10. Who announces Sarhan's murder?
(a) Zohra.
(b) Tolba.
(c) Hosny.
(d) Amer.

11. About what is Hosny certain when he sees Zohra?
(a) That she will fall in love with him.
(b) That he will marry her.
(c) That she is having an affair with Sarhan.
(d) That he would never fall in love with her.

12. Why does Hosny move to the Miramar?
(a) His brother lives there.
(b) He is bored at the Cecil Hotel.
(c) He knows Amer.
(d) He knows Tolba.

13. Who is Tolba Marzuq?
(a) Amer's brother.
(b) Amer's former mentor.
(c) A fellow lodger.
(d) Amer's old and best friend.

14. What is the bond between Amer and Mansour?
(a) History.
(b) Art.
(c) Sports.
(d) Science.

15. What does Hosny think of Mansour?
(a) That he is diffident.
(b) That he is untrustworthy.
(c) That he is ugly.
(d) That he is very smart.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which boarder is built like a wrestler?

2. Where does Hosny go for a night of alcohol and sex?

3. What helps the group gathering?

4. About what does Amer ramble?

5. How does Hosny like to treat women?

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