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

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

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

4. What was the standard by which status was measured and hierarchy determined in Awlad 'Ali society?
(a) Respect.
(b) Strength or dignity.
(c) Autonomy or freedom.
(d) Courage.

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?
(a) In the arm.
(b) In the mouth.
(c) In the chest.
(d) In the back.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What tragedy had a middle-aged wife of a powerful tribal leader experienced two and a half years before she recited a poem to Lila?

3. What beach is mentioned in the "Alexandria Quartet?"

4. Who were the ancestors of the Awlad 'Ali?

5. What did the Awlad 'Ali believe distinguished them from and made them superior to other peoples?

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