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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) Rafatya.
(b) No one.
(c) Safeya.
(d) Aleya.

2. To whose life does Ali say they will soon lead a similar one?
(a) Hablish Raman.
(b) Sarmish al-Hablid.
(c) Harun al-Rashid.
(d) Ali says they will live better than anyone else.

3. How long has it been since Mansour has seen Fawzi before now?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 2 weeks.

4. 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) The generation midway between Amer's and Sarhan's.
(c) The last ten generations.
(d) His generation.

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

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

7. What angers Mansour about both himself and Sarhan?
(a) They are both fickle.
(b) They lack loyalty to a just cause.
(c) They use women.
(d) They love women who will not love them.

8. What does Sarhan do to later explain the sudden fortune he expects?
(a) Talks about the rising cost of clothing.
(b) Tells stories that are not true.
(c) Talks about the cost of yarn.
(d) Talks of the money he makes now.

9. What does Sarhan long to do about Safeya?
(a) Have the courage to marry her.
(b) Leave her.
(c) Take her money and leave her.
(d) Find a good man for her.

10. About what does Mahmoud want Sarhan's advice?
(a) Advertising.
(b) Stocks.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Bookkeeping.

11. What is the main characteristic Sarhan observes about Mansour?
(a) He is fastidious.
(b) He is stingy.
(c) He is an introvert.
(d) He is frugal.

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

13. Who is Ali Bakir's lover?
(a) He does not have a lover.
(b) Safeya Barakat.
(c) Zohra.
(d) Sophie Garz.

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

15. With whom would Sarhan wish to listen to the Umm Kulthum's concert?
(a) Mahmoud.
(b) Ali or Rafat.
(c) Safeya.
(d) No one.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mansour do to Sarhan?

2. Who does Mansour learn is arrested?

3. What do Sarhan and Safeya do in Mahmoud's presence?

4. What does Mahmoud want to buy?

5. Why is Mansour bitter?

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