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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Ali want to meet Sarhan at 8 p.m.?
(a) The Swan.
(b) The Miramar.
(c) The Corniche.
(d) The Cecil.

3. What does Ali point out to Sarhan about Sarhan working within the system?
(a) That only men whose fathers are already wealthy can use the system.
(b) That the system is as corrupt as highjacking a truck is.
(c) That it is too slow a process to wealth.
(d) That Sarhan has benefited very little.

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

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

6. Where does Sarhan first see Zohra?
(a) In the Cecil Hotel lobby.
(b) In High-Life Restaurant.
(c) In the Miramar lobby.
(d) In High-Life Grocery.

7. What will they do with the highjacked goods?
(a) Sell them on the black market.
(b) They have not gotten that far in their plans.
(c) Give them to their friends and the poor.
(d) Hold them for ransom.

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

9. What does Zohra say about her and Sarhan?
(a) They are just friends.
(b) They are engaged.
(c) They had a falling out.
(d) They were secretly married.

10. Why is Mansour bitter?
(a) That his fiance runs away and marries someone else.
(b) That he has a dead end job.
(c) That his mother tells him he is too ugly to marry well.
(d) That his brother arranges for him to live in Miramar Pension.

11. Who does Mansour visit after learning of the arrest?
(a) No one; he is too afraid.
(b) Doreya.
(c) Sonya.
(d) Fawzi.

12. What has Mansour studied for his radio program?
(a) Amer's writing.
(b) The Revolution.
(c) The Communist party.
(d) The Muslim culture.

13. What does Tolba point out about the Soviet bloc?
(a) The lack of integrity.
(b) The poverty.
(c) The lack of religion.
(d) The economic upswing going on.

14. What do Sarhan and Safeya do in Mahmoud's presence?
(a) Pretend to already be married.
(b) Declare their intent to marry.
(c) Have a terrible fight.
(d) Declare their intent to separate.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sarhan do to later explain the sudden fortune he expects?

2. What angers Mansour about both himself and Sarhan?

3. By what does Mansour say Zohra is surrounded?

4. What does Mansour think of Hosny?

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

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