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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Modesty, Gender, and Sexuality.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was the runaway second wife of the husband who was criticized for going to find her?
(a) 12 years younger than her husband.
(b) 5 to 10 years younger than her husband.
(c) 7 years younger than her husband.
(d) 15 to 20 years younger than her husband.

2. How old was the man who was criticized for going to find a runaway second wife?
(a) Early 50's.
(b) Late 30's.
(c) Early 40's.
(d) Late 60's.

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

4. How old was the man who lost respect because he submitted to his passions and chased women?
(a) 50's.
(b) 40's.
(c) 30's.
(d) 60's.

5. In Bedouin ideology, what determined a man's authority?
(a) Moral worthiness.
(b) Ancestry.
(c) Ascribed position.
(d) Force.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the camp where Lila lived, how many adults were in the fourteen households that made up the camp?

2. How much of the Egyptian population consist of Bedouins of the Western desert when Lila did her fieldwork?

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

4. What was a man who needed women called?

5. What were women said to fear?

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