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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Mansour and Doreya meet?
(a) At the prison where Fawzi is being held.
(b) At Doreya's mother's home.
(c) At the Cairo Zoo.
(d) At the Cecil Hotel.

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

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

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

5. Who provides the alcohol for the people at the pension listening to the concert?
(a) Hosny.
(b) No one.
(c) Sarhan.
(d) Mahmoud.

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

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

8. What does Sarhan declare the first time Zohra brings him tea?
(a) That he will never marry.
(b) That he loves her.
(c) That he loves a woman named Safeya.
(d) That he is engaged.

9. Where does Mansour think Zohra should do?
(a) Marry him.
(b) Go home so her brothers can watch over her.
(c) Get married.
(d) Go to a University.

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

11. Where do Mansour and Doreya next meet?
(a) The train to Cairo.
(b) The Miramar.
(c) A cafe on the Nile.
(d) The Corniche.

12. Why does Sarhan want to cultivate a relationship with Mansour?
(a) Because of Mansour's brother who is a policeman.
(b) Because Mansour is generous with picking up the tab at restaurants.
(c) Sarhan does not say if he wants to cultivate a friendship with Mansour.
(d) Because Mansour reminds Sarhan of Sarhan's dead brother.

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

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

15. What is the reason Doreya chose Fawzi to marry?
(a) His passion.
(b) His money.
(c) His religious beliefs.
(d) His strength of character.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has it been since Mansour has seen Fawzi before now?

2. About what do Sarhan and his friend Rafat Amin talk?

3. For what does Zohra seem to long?

4. Why is Mansour bitter?

5. What is Sarhan's main attraction to Zohra

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