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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wagdi recall?
(a) The death of his wife.
(b) The birth of his son.
(c) The time his mother sat up with him all night and talked.
(d) All the things he should have recorded in memoirs concerning his late master.

2. About what does Amer warn Zohra?
(a) Sarhan's intentions.
(b) The regular checks by the city police.
(c) Mansour's intentions.
(d) Tolba's mistrust of her.

3. Who was Wagdi's late master?
(a) Pecifion.
(b) Zohra.
(c) The Pasha
(d) Abu Wadi.

4. What does Amer wish to trust again?
(a) The government.
(b) God.
(c) His ex-wife.
(d) Tolba.

5. Of what does Hosny become convinced after talking with Mariana about Zohra?
(a) That she is lying to Mariana.
(b) That she would never marry him.
(c) That she is a prostitute.
(d) That she is not a prostitute.

6. Why is Hosny slightly jealous of Zohra?
(a) He isn't jealous.
(b) That she has so many admirers.
(c) That she is learning to read.
(d) That her brother cares enough to come get her.

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

8. How does Marzug once arrive at a party?
(a) On a horse.
(b) In a black hearse.
(c) Drunk.
(d) In a black limo.

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

10. Where does Hosny go for a night of alcohol and sex?
(a) Mahmoud's place.
(b) Cairo.
(c) Safeya's place.
(d) Chariots Hotel.

11. What news does Mariana bring about Sarhan days after he leaves.
(a) That he joined the Army.
(b) That he moved to Syria.
(c) That he was murdered.
(d) That he married his childhood girlfriend.

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

13. How does Hosny like to treat women?
(a) As his friends.
(b) As his harem.
(c) As his equal.
(d) As a sacred trust.

14. Who does Hosny take driving?
(a) Sarhan.
(b) Mariana.
(c) Zohra.
(d) An Italian/Syrian whore.

15. Who owns Wagdi's old residence?
(a) Sir Bedouin.
(b) Mme. Mariana.
(c) Mme. Flousey.
(d) Mme. Coulette.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Hosny drive to Mazarita?

2. What do Amer and Mariana plan?

3. What does Amer wish about one mistake he made?

4. What helps the group gathering?

5. What pervades the group that gathers to listen to Umm Kulthum?

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