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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Honor and the Virtues of Autonomy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What city did Lila spend time in while waiting for her father to arrive in Egypt?
(a) Alexandria.
(b) Amman.
(c) Port Said.
(d) Cairo.

2. What color cummerbund would the women of the Awlad 'Ali wear around their waists?
(a) Brown.
(b) Black.
(c) White.
(d) Red.

3. When Lila left, how many children did the Haj have?
(a) 21.
(b) 16.
(c) 15.
(d) 18.

4. At what age was a Bedouin man considered beyond the passions of youth?
(a) 50.
(b) 35.
(c) 40.
(d) 45.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Before Lila arrived, how long had it been since the Awlad 'Ali migrated to the desert?

2. What would ewes have been fed in the desert?

3. What types of trees surrounded crude structures at the edge of the Western desert?

4. Where was a young man shot during an altercation between some Bedouin men and a group of Egyptian soldiers riding on a train through a Bedouin area?

5. In Bedouin ideology, what determined a man's authority?

(see the answer key)

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