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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mansour "dismiss" in his mind Amer and Tolba?
(a) They are too educated.
(b) They are too conservative.
(c) They are not educated.
(d) They represent a dying generation.

2. How does Zohra feel about Sarhan?
(a) She thinks he is insufferable.
(b) She does not have any feelings yet as she just met him.
(c) She does not trust him.
(d) She likes him but is afraid of him.

3. What does Mansour confess to Doreya?
(a) That he betrayed Fawzi.
(b) That he is in love with Doreya's sister.
(c) That he refused to testify for Fawzi.
(d) His love for her.

4. Who is Zohra with when Sarhand sees her after visiting with his friend Rafat?
(a) An elderly man who might be her grandfather.
(b) A young man about her age.
(c) An old Greek woman.
(d) A little boy.

5. By what does Mansour think Zohra is probably driven?
(a) Ambition.
(b) Curiosity.
(c) Fear.
(d) Sex.

6. What did Zohra's grandfather do that made Zohra run away?
(a) Tell her she had to stay single and care for her parents.
(b) Prevent her from attending the University.
(c) Try to make her marry her second cousin who she detests.
(d) Try to marry her to an old man.

7. What does Mansour offer Zohra when she brings him tea?
(a) Advice.
(b) A joke.
(c) A confection.
(d) A scowl.

8. What does Mariana do when Sarhan asks to rent a room?
(a) Flirts with him.
(b) Pries and haggles.
(c) Refuses him at first.
(d) Is obsequious.

9. What does Mansour try to do while Zohra is making his bed?
(a) Unpack his suitcase.
(b) Nap in the chair.
(c) Grope her.
(d) Be sociable.

10. How does Mansour find Sarhan?
(a) Gracious.
(b) Sympathetic.
(c) Wily.
(d) Rude.

11. Who does Sarhan get interested in marrying after learning her family has money?
(a) Rafatya.
(b) Aleya.
(c) No one.
(d) Safeya.

12. What class is Hosny a member of according to Sarhan?
(a) The upper class.
(b) The class Sarhan hates.
(c) The upper middle class.
(d) The lowest of the low.

13. What does Mansour think of Hosny?
(a) He is friendly.
(b) He is mean.
(c) He acts like a Lord.
(d) He is mentally unstable.

14. Where does Sarhan see Zohra buying papers?
(a) In High-Life Grocery.
(b) In Mahmoud's kiosk.
(c) In the Pharmacy.
(d) In the convenience store.

15. What does Mansour do to Sarhan?
(a) Hits him at a motel in Cairo.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Kicks him to death while Sarhan is unconscious.
(d) Breaks his nose in a deserted hallway at the Miramar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Amer think Plato's writings gave Socrates?

2. What does Sarhan declare has brought him and Zohra together?

3. Why is Mansour bitter?

4. Who does Mansour think is the life of the party on the night of the Umm Kulthum concert

5. By what does Mansour say Zohra is surrounded?

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