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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 changed the Haj's mother's attitude toward Lila?
(a) Her husband's funeral.
(b) Her brother's funeral.
(c) Her son's wedding.
(d) Her daughter's wedding.

2. Where did God banish Adam after he ate the fruit?
(a) To the west.
(b) To the south.
(c) To the east.
(d) To the north.

3. 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 back.
(d) In the chest.

4. At what age was a Bedouin man considered beyond the passions of youth?
(a) 35.
(b) 45.
(c) 50.
(d) 40.

5. How was the ghinnawa divisible?
(a) Into a dactyl.
(b) Into a couplet.
(c) Into a caesura.
(d) Into a hemistiche.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before Lila arrived, how long had it been since the Awlad 'Ali migrated to the desert?

2. How many client households were in the camp where Lila lived?

3. How old was the Haj, head of the household, where Lila lived?

4. What was the name of the Haj's first wife?

5. During World War II, who fought battles on Bedouin soil?

(see the answer key)

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