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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. What word described a Bedouin man's years of youth?
(a) Shekhukha.
(b) Shabab.
(c) Agil.
(d) Sinn ir-rushd.

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

3. Which city was near the mountain where Adam and Eve met again after being banished from the garden by God?
(a) Mecca.
(b) Alexandria.
(c) Ar Riyad.
(d) Cairo.

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

5. What did the Awlad 'Ali believe distinguished them from and made them superior to other peoples?
(a) Morality.
(b) Virtue.
(c) Honor.
(d) Peace.

Short Answer Questions

1. In a folktale, when a man gave birth, what carried the baby away?

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

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

4. When did Lila's new life begin to seem natural, so she felt as if she belonged with the Awlad 'Ali?

5. What changed the Haj's mother's attitude toward Lila?

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