Veiled Sentiments: Honor and Poetry in a Bedouin Society Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

Lila Abu-Lughod
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Veiled Sentiments: Honor and Poetry in a Bedouin Society Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

Lila Abu-Lughod
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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. During what month was rain essential for the Awlad 'Ali to water their crops?
(a) Mid-December.
(b) Mid-April.
(c) Mid-January.
(d) Mid-March.

2. Who gave the Awlad 'Ali rights to land in the Western desert in the nineteenth century?
(a) Ibrahim Pasha.
(b) Mohammad 'Ali.
(c) Ali Sadik Bey.
(d) Muhammad Abdel Halim.

3. How much of the Egyptian population consist of Bedouins of the Western desert when Lila did her fieldwork?
(a) 7 percent.
(b) 3 percent.
(c) 5 percent.
(d) 1 percent.

4. Where did a youth from the Awlad 'Ali community go to have a serious operation?
(a) Aswan.
(b) Cairo.
(c) Alexandria.
(d) Minya.

5. Who wrote the "Alexandria Quartet?"
(a) Robert Douchester.
(b) Philip Manchester.
(c) David Corell.
(d) Lawrence Durrell.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Awlad 'Ali migrate into Egypt?

2. How many inches of rain commonly fell in Awlad 'Ali territory?

3. When was Lila's host mysteriously absent for a period?

4. What nickname did foreigners give Alexandrian taxis?

5. What color cummerbund would the women of the Awlad 'Ali wear around their waists?

(see the answer key)

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