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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Mansour think of Amer on the night of the Umm Kulthum concert?
(a) He is bombastic.
(b) He is worthy of esteem.
(c) He is full of hot air.
(d) He is knowledgeable in a small field.

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

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

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

10. What does Amer think about faith and doubt?
(a) He does not mention faith and doubt.
(b) They are paradoxical but actually the same thing.
(c) They are inseparable.
(d) They are opposite poles that can not exist together.

11. What are Ali and Sarhan planning?
(a) To highjack a truckload of yarn.
(b) To highjack a truckload of money.
(c) To highjack a truckload of clothing.
(d) To highjack a truckload of dried beans.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Zohra feel about Sarhan?

2. What has Mansour studied for his radio program?

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

4. What does Mansour offer Zohra when she brings him tea?

5. For what does Sarhan say Hosny has a talent?

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