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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 illness did the Bedouin believe could be caused by fright?
(a) Hepatitis.
(b) Leukemia.
(c) Polio.
(d) Tuberculosis.

2. Why did Aziza not remarry?
(a) Because she was raising her son.
(b) Because her brother would not allow her to remarry.
(c) Because her husband had been abusive.
(d) Because her father would not allow her to remarry.

3. During World War II, who fought battles on Bedouin soil?
(a) Germans and British.
(b) French.
(c) Egyptians and Libyans.
(d) Americans.

4. How many wives does Aziza's brother have?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

5. In a folktale, when a man gave birth, what carried the baby away?
(a) A bird.
(b) A gazelle.
(c) An ostrich
(d) A wild dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname did foreigners give Alexandrian taxis?

2. What crop did the Awlad 'Ali sow yearly?

3. When did Lila first realize the sensitive nature of the poems recited by the women?

4. How many years before Lila's arrival had a young man been murdered?

5. What did the Awlad 'Ali believe distinguished them from and made them superior to other peoples?

(see the answer key)

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