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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Ali point out to Sarhan about Sarhan working within the system?
(a) That only men whose fathers are already wealthy can use the system.
(b) That the system is as corrupt as highjacking a truck is.
(c) That Sarhan has benefited very little.
(d) That it is too slow a process to wealth.

3. How does Zohra feel about Sarhan?
(a) She thinks he is insufferable.
(b) She likes him but is afraid of him.
(c) She does not have any feelings yet as she just met him.
(d) She does not trust him.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mansour think is the life of the party on the night of the Umm Kulthum concert

2. What does Zohra explain to Mansour about the fight in the hall?

3. Who is Ali Bakir's lover?

4. What does Amer think Plato's writings gave Socrates?

5. About what do Mansour and Fawzi banter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the fight with Safeya, Zohra and Sarhan from Sarhan's perspective.

2. Summarize Mansour's analysis of the time the boarders spend together the night of the Umm Kulthum concert.

3. What are Ali and Sarhan's plans to gain money?

4. What are Mansour's first impressions of some of the boarders at the Miramar?

5. What are Sarhan's quick impressions of Hosny and Mansour?

6. What does Mansour impulsively do when he meets Doreya at the zoo?

7. What are Mansour's first impressions of Zohra?

8. What does Sarhan do the first time Zohra delivers tea to his room and how do the two interact over the next several days?

9. Wat does Sarhan say about the Umm Kulthum concert?

10. What is Mansour's further impression of Zohra and how does he feel towards her?

(see the answer keys)

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