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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 illness did Aziza have?
(a) A heart murmur.
(b) A hideous and painful skin disease.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) A problem with menstruation.

2. 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.

3. What tribes were the true Awlad 'Ali?
(a) Sa'adi.
(b) Al Adwan.
(c) Rwala.
(d) Beni-Hasan.

4. How old was the man who was criticized for going to find a runaway second wife?
(a) Early 50's.
(b) Early 40's.
(c) Late 30's.
(d) Late 60's.

5. When did Lila's new life begin to seem natural, so she felt as if she belonged with the Awlad 'Ali?
(a) After 6 months.
(b) After 12 months.
(c) After 18 months.
(d) After 15 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a man who needed women called?

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

3. How was the ghinnawa divisible?

4. During what occasion did Lila hear men sing in public?

5. In what city had the bonds between Bedouin kin been weakened in favor of those between neighbors?

(see the answer key)

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