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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Identity in Relationships.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the Haj's first wife?
(a) Aadi.
(b) Maalini.
(c) Daija.
(d) Gatifa.

2. What color was the compound where Lila lived with the Awlad 'Ali?
(a) Pink.
(b) Light blue.
(c) White.
(d) Yellow.

3. After a feast for a neighbor who returned from a pilgrimage, what did Lila and some adolescent girls do?
(a) Sewed.
(b) Carried water.
(c) Collected firewood.
(d) Prepared food.

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

5. Why was Lila's host mysteriously absent for a time?
(a) He had been arrested in Cairo.
(b) He was in prison.
(c) He was visiting kin.
(d) He was detained by government authorities.

Short Answer Questions

1. What lake could one smell after crossing a one-lane bridge leading from Alexandria to the desert?

2. Who wrote the "Alexandria Quartet?"

3. When did the ancestors of the Awlad 'Ali sweep through North Africa?

4. In the "Alexandria Quartet," what was a Bedouin youth carrying on his head?

5. When did Lila first realize the sensitive nature of the poems recited by the women?

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