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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 pious activity was forbidden to menstruating women?
(a) A pilgrimage.
(b) Giving alms.
(c) Prayer.
(d) Fasting.

2. When did the Awlad 'Ali typically consummate a marriage after the wedding?
(a) Late at night after the wedding.
(b) Early afternoon of the wedding day.
(c) Morning after the wedding.
(d) A week after the wedding.

3. What crop did the Awlad 'Ali sow yearly?
(a) Oats.
(b) Barley.
(c) Flax.
(d) Wheat.

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

5. What colors were associated with purity and with men?
(a) White and green.
(b) Yellow and red.
(c) Blue and white.
(d) Black and red.

Short Answer Questions

1. What values were at the heart of the Awlad 'Ali moral system?

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

3. Where did God banish Adam after he ate the fruit?

4. What was the Bedouin social system touted to be?

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

(see the answer key)

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