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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Modesty and the Poetry of Love.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How frequent were droughts in Awlad 'Ali territory?
(a) About every 6 years.
(b) About every 10 years.
(c) About every 7 years.
(d) About every 5 years.

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

3. When did the Awlad 'Ali typically consummate a marriage after the wedding?
(a) Early afternoon of the wedding day.
(b) Late at night after the wedding.
(c) A week after the wedding.
(d) Morning after the wedding.

4. When did the ancestors of the Awlad 'Ali sweep through North Africa?
(a) 11th century.
(b) 13th century.
(c) 10th century.
(d) 12th century.

5. In Bedouin ideology, what determined a man's authority?
(a) Moral worthiness.
(b) Ancestry.
(c) Force.
(d) Ascribed position.

Short Answer Questions

1. What illness did Aziza have?

2. From what country did the Awlad 'Ali migrate?

3. In a Bedouin story, what was God's reason for forbidding Adam and Eve to eat fruit from a particular tree?

4. How old was Nafla when her family tried to force her into a marriage?

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

(see the answer key)

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