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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. In the desert, what animal did they hunt at night?
(a) Gazelles.
(b) Game birds.
(c) Wild hares.
(d) Wild dogs.

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

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

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

5. What was the Bedouin social system touted to be?
(a) Democratic.
(b) Unitarian.
(c) Authoritarian.
(d) Egalitarian.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city had the bonds between Bedouin kin been weakened in favor of those between neighbors?

2. How far did the Western Desert stretch to the Libyan border?

3. Who was the man who inherited wealth, but lost respect because he submitted to his passions and chased women?

4. How many children did the man, who was criticized for going to find his runaway second wife, have with his first wife?

5. 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?

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