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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 bird represented the Bedouin ideals of manhood?
(a) Falcon.
(b) Hawk.
(c) Osprey.
(d) Eagle.

2. Who helped Lila finally begin to interpret the poems she was hearing?
(a) A Bedouin in Cairo.
(b) A Libyan in Cairo.
(c) An Egyptian in Alexandria.
(d) A Jordanian in Alexandria.

3. What types of trees did the Awlad 'Ali plant?
(a) Palm and date trees.
(b) Sycamore and lotus trees.
(c) Olive and almond trees.
(d) Willow and mulberry trees.

4. What were the client tribes called?
(a) Al-Tarabeen.
(b) Al-Abbadai.
(c) Mutair.
(d) Mrabtin.

5. What would ewes have been fed in the desert?
(a) Acacia.
(b) Grasses.
(c) Wormwood.
(d) Astragulus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Bedouin social system touted to be?

2. What did Bedouins believe caused serious illness?

3. What values were at the heart of the Awlad 'Ali moral system?

4. What tribes were the true Awlad 'Ali?

5. What word described a Bedouin man's years of youth?

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