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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 was the standard by which status was measured and hierarchy determined in Awlad 'Ali society?
(a) Strength or dignity.
(b) Courage.
(c) Respect.
(d) Autonomy or freedom.

2. What values were at the heart of the Awlad 'Ali moral system?
(a) Courage and valor.
(b) Strength and dignity.
(c) Honor and modesty.
(d) Honesty and justice.

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 chest.
(c) In the back.
(d) In the arm.

4. What form of poetry did the ghinnawas most resemble?
(a) A quatrain.
(b) Japanese haiku.
(c) An Italian canzone.
(d) A cinquain.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What German explorer published ghinnawas?

2. In a story told to Lila about loving daughters and abusive and heartless sons, how many daughters did a woman have?

3. What was the only thing that Lila was usually able to tape record?

4. Who was the man who was criticized for going to find a runaway second wife?

5. Of the ghinnawas that Lila recorded when she stayed with the Awlad 'Ali, how many were duplicates?

(see the answer key)

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