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

2. With whom did Aziza have recurring problems?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her uncle.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her brother.

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

4. When did Lila live with the Awlad 'Ali?
(a) March 1978 to November 1980.
(b) January 1976 to March 1978.
(c) October 1978 to May 1980.
(d) April 1981 to June 1983.

5. What lake could one smell after crossing a one-lane bridge leading from Alexandria to the desert?
(a) Lake Timsah.
(b) Lake Nasser.
(c) Lake Mariut.
(d) Lake Idku.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the ghinnawa divisible?

2. How many days did paternal relatives wail and cry at a camp where an old woman died suddenly?

3. What beach is mentioned in the "Alexandria Quartet?"

4. What beverage is mentioned in the "Alexandria Quartet?"

5. How would a body be prepared in proper Muslim fashion?

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