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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. What accompanied a message Mabruka sends when warning the recipient to beware?
(a) A blanket.
(b) A garment.
(c) Pot of food.
(d) A special beverage.

2. What does ghinnawa mean?
(a) Little song.
(b) Thoughtful poem.
(c) Quiet song.
(d) Beautiful poem.

3. What did Mabruka refuse to accept when Rashid married another wife?
(a) Special clothing.
(b) Special wine.
(c) Wedding gifts due her.
(d) A new tent.

4. In the section "Identification and Sharing," why did a woman threaten to leave her husband?
(a) Because he hit her.
(b) Because he mistreated a child.
(c) Because he slurred her father's name.
(d) Because he took another wife.

5. In the desert, what animal did they hunt at night?
(a) Gazelles.
(b) Wild hares.
(c) Wild dogs.
(d) Game birds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the "Alexandria Quartet?"

2. How old was the Haj, head of the household, where Lila lived?

3. How many days did paternal relatives wail and cry at a camp where an old woman died suddenly?

4. Of the ghinnawas that Lila recorded when she stayed with the Awlad 'Ali, how many were duplicates?

5. How many syllables are in ghinnawas?

(see the answer key)

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