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

2. What beach is mentioned in the "Alexandria Quartet?"
(a) Makadi.
(b) Bourg El Arab.
(c) Hurghada.
(d) Na'ama.

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

4. How old was the Haj, head of the household, where Lila lived?
(a) Close to 50.
(b) Close to 60.
(c) About 55.
(d) About 45.

5. When did the Awlad 'Ali migrate into Egypt?
(a) End of the 15th or 16th centuries.
(b) 13th century.
(c) End of the 17th or 18th centuries.
(d) 14th century.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Lila live with the Awlad 'Ali?

3. What were Bedouin tents made of before the Awlad 'Ali moved into houses?

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. When did the Awlad 'Ali migrate to the desert?

(see the answer key)

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