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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 many women had the Haj been prevented from marrying because of a family member?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

2. Where did Rashid sleep when he assigned blame to someone for his second wife's running away?
(a) A tent.
(b) His father's home.
(c) His first wife's room.
(d) The men's guest room.

3. In a poem recited about his second wife, what image does Rashid use?
(a) Cooking with a liquid of tears.
(b) Drowning in tears.
(c) Beating grain.
(d) Drowning in sand.

4. In the section "Identification and Sharing," why did a woman threaten to leave her husband?
(a) Because he hit her.
(b) Because he slurred her father's name.
(c) Because he mistreated a child.
(d) Because he took another wife.

5. In ghinnawas, what did the word 'agl mean to the Bedouin?
(a) Body.
(b) Soul.
(c) Heart.
(d) Mind.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which particular gift given to her husband's new bride did the first wife Mabruka resent?

2. When did a German explorer publish ghinnawas?

3. How old was Aziza?

4. What theme became associated most closely with the ghinnawa?

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

(see the answer key)

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