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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What plan of Zohra's does Mansour approve?
(a) To learn to read and write.
(b) To go back home.
(c) To apply to the University.
(d) To marry Sarhan.

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

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

4. What happens when Sarhan is with Zohara?
(a) His worries fade away.
(b) He feels inadequate.
(c) He feels like an imposter.
(d) He feels accepted?

5. 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.

6. What is Sarhan's main attraction to Zohra
(a) Her generosity.
(b) Her kindness.
(c) Her ambition.
(d) Physical appearance.

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

8. What history does Mansour think of writing?
(a) The history of the Communist party in Egypt.
(b) The history of Islam in Egypt.
(c) The history of the Nationalist Revolution.
(d) The history of betrayal in Egypt.

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

10. What does Mansour pity in Zohra?
(a) Her waning good looks.
(b) Her poverty.
(c) Her loneliness.
(d) Her self confidence.

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

12. Who does Mansour learn is arrested?
(a) Doreya.
(b) Sarhan.
(c) Fawzi.
(d) Hosny.

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

14. What does Hosny appear to be?
(a) Conservative.
(b) Generous.
(c) Timid.
(d) Quiet.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sarhan say he and Zohra have in common?

2. Who leaves before Umm Kulthum's concert is over?

3. What does Mansour think of Hosny?

4. To whose life does Ali say they will soon lead a similar one?

5. What does Mansour confess to Doreya?

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