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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Mansour think is the life of the party on the night of the Umm Kulthum concert
(a) Amer.
(b) Mariana.
(c) Sarhan.
(d) Zohra.

3. Who is Mansour's brother?
(a) A distinguished police officer.
(b) The mayor of their small village.
(c) A customs officer.
(d) A Muslim cleric.

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Sarhan declare has brought him and Zohra together?
(a) Fate.
(b) Mariana.
(c) Amer.
(d) His seeing her in the grocery.

10. What happens when Sarhan steals a kiss from Zohra?
(a) She struggles free.
(b) She returns the kiss.
(c) She kicks him in the groin.
(d) She slaps him.

11. For what does Zohra seem to long?
(a) Affection.
(b) Education.
(c) Truth.
(d) Marriage.

12. 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 little boy.
(c) A young man about her age.
(d) An old Greek woman.

13. What happens when Sarhan complains about his life to his friends?
(a) They commiserate with him.
(b) They shrug.
(c) They laugh at him.
(d) Safeya calls him hard hearted.

14. Who does Amer say opens the way through eloquence for the current generation of engineers and economists?
(a) No one could open the way for the engineers and economists who have lost their soul.
(b) His generation.
(c) The last ten generations.
(d) The generation midway between Amer's and Sarhan's.

15. About what do Mansour and Fawzi banter?
(a) Mansour's fiance who becomes pregnant by another man.
(b) Mansour's ex-wife.
(c) Mansour's new home.
(d) Mansour leaving the party.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sarhan want to cultivate a relationship with Mansour?

2. What does Mansour try to do while Zohra is making his bed?

3. Who does Sarhan get interested in marrying after learning her family has money?

4. What has Mansour studied for his radio program?

5. What does Mariana do when Sarhan asks to rent a room?

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