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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. What did a physician say caused the death of a girl about seventeen years old?
(a) Cancer.
(b) A concussion.
(c) A tumor.
(d) A ruptured appendix.

2. What beverage is mentioned in the "Alexandria Quartet?"
(a) Coffee.
(b) Lemonade.
(c) Tea.
(d) Beer.

3. In the section "Identification and Sharing," why did a woman threaten to leave her husband?
(a) Because he hit her.
(b) Because he took another wife.
(c) Because he mistreated a child.
(d) Because he slurred her father's name.

4. Before Lila arrived, how long had it been since the Awlad 'Ali migrated to the desert?
(a) 12 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 7 years.
(d) 10 years.

5. Who wrote the "Alexandria Quartet?"
(a) Robert Douchester.
(b) Philip Manchester.
(c) David Corell.
(d) Lawrence Durrell.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were women said to fear?

2. What accompanied a message Mabruka sends when warning the recipient to beware?

3. How much of the Egyptian population consist of Bedouins of the Western desert when Lila did her fieldwork?

4. What pious activity was forbidden to menstruating women?

5. During what month was rain essential for the Awlad 'Ali to water their crops?

(see the answer key)

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