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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Honor and Poetic Vulnerability.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Adam and Eve meet again after God banished them?
(a) Mt. Nablus.
(b) Mt. Petra.
(c) Mt. Gilboa.
(d) Mt. Arafat.

2. When Lila did her fieldwork, how many of the five core household heads married paternal first cousins?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

3. What pious activity was forbidden to menstruating women?
(a) Giving alms.
(b) Prayer.
(c) A pilgrimage.
(d) Fasting.

4. In a folktale, when a man gave birth, what carried the baby away?
(a) A gazelle.
(b) An ostrich
(c) A bird.
(d) A wild dog.

5. In a story told to Lila about loving daughters and abusive and heartless sons, how many daughters did a woman have?
(a) 7.
(b) 8.
(c) 11.
(d) 9.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gave the Awlad 'Ali rights to land in the Western desert in the nineteenth century?

2. In a poem recited about his second wife, what image does Rashid use?

3. In a folktale, what did Muhammad buh Sultan send to be watered at the spring where a beautiful girl lived?

4. What were women said to fear?

5. What drapes over the tent or automobile that carries a bride to her new home?

(see the answer key)

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