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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Honor and Poetic Vulnerability.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Lila did her fieldwork, how many of the five core household heads married paternal first cousins?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

2. What primary emotion is featured in ghinnawas?
(a) Joy.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Grief.

3. When an old woman suddenly died, what did some suggest her husband had done?
(a) Beat her.
(b) Hit her over the head.
(c) Choked her.
(d) Strangled her.

4. What was closely tied to the moral nature among the Awlad 'Ali?
(a) Courage.
(b) Blood.
(c) Status.
(d) Respect.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the desert, what animal did they hunt at night?

2. In ghinnawas, what did the word 'agl mean to the Bedouin?

3. How many wives was a wealthy man reputed to have married in his lifetime?

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

5. In Bedouin ideology, what determined a man's authority?

(see the answer key)

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