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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character does Amal fear for in "An End?"

2. What is tarab?

3. In "An End", what does Isabel want to show 'Omar?

4. Where does Emily decide to live after Anna's wedding?

5. What does Layla feel has dominated the lives of her family members?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Anna feel her baby is in the balance against the ills of the world?

2. Why do Anna and Sharif argue in Chapter 22?

3. Why is 'Omar concerned about Isabel's pregnancy?

4. Why does Anna's wedding take three days to finalize?

5. According to Layla, what has been the net result of the political strife in Egypt?

6. How does Tareq help Amal and the fellaheen in Chapter 26?

7. How does Amal honor her ancestors once her research is complete?

8. What atrocity begins with the death of a few pigeons?

9. What is the subject of "'Al-Mar'ah al-Jadidah"?

10. Why does 'Omar refuse to continue his relationship with Isabel in Chapter 22?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Egyptian culture affect Anna throughout the novel? What adaptations does Anna have to make while traveling through Egypt? How does the religious and political climate of Egypt differ from Anna's traditional British upbringing? What British traditions and customs does Anna have to change when she becomes an Egyptian wife?

Essay Topic 2

What ironies are evident in the novel? What irony does Amal's family experience throughout the novel? What ironies are present in the "Entente cordiale" and subsequent political agreements? How is irony used to view the cycle of political and social/personal oppression suffered by the Egyptians?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the role of education in the novel. What roles do gender, politics, and religion have on education? In light of all these factors, where do most upper class Egyptians send their children to school, and why?

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