View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, The Poetry of Personal Life.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What crop did the Awlad 'Ali sow yearly?
(a) Barley.
(b) Oats.
(c) Wheat.
(d) Flax.

2. How old was Nafla when her family tried to force her into a marriage?
(a) 14
(b) 18.
(c) 20.
(d) 16.

3. In a folktale, what did Muhammad buh Sultan send to be watered at the spring where a beautiful girl lived?
(a) A sheep.
(b) A horse.
(c) A goat.
(d) A camel.

4. What was the Bedouin social system touted to be?
(a) Authoritarian.
(b) Democratic.
(c) Unitarian.
(d) Egalitarian.

5. Where was a young man shot during an altercation between some Bedouin men and a group of Egyptian soldiers riding on a train through a Bedouin area?
(a) In the mouth.
(b) In the arm.
(c) In the chest.
(d) In the back.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Adam and Eve meet again after God banished them?

2. After a feast for a neighbor who returned from a pilgrimage, what did Lila and some adolescent girls do?

3. What was a theme in the songs between two women that Lila captured on tape?

4. What was closely tied to the moral nature among the Awlad 'Ali?

5. What form of poetry did the ghinnawas most resemble?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 204 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample