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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Modesty and the Poetry of Love.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. From what country did the Awlad 'Ali migrate?
(a) Sudan.
(b) Chad.
(c) Libya.
(d) Saudi Arabia.

3. When did Lila's new life begin to seem natural, so she felt as if she belonged with the Awlad 'Ali?
(a) After 12 months.
(b) After 6 months.
(c) After 18 months.
(d) After 15 months.

4. How many of the adults in the community where Lila lived had been officially divorced at least once?
(a) Over 1/2.
(b) 2/3.
(c) Over 1/3.
(d) 1/4.

5. What emotion about her husband's second marriage did Mabruka's poetry reveal?
(a) Bitterness.
(b) Despair.
(c) Anger.
(d) Jealousy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In a photograph on page 192, what did women use as a windbreak?

2. What types of trees surrounded crude structures at the edge of the Western desert?

3. What pious activity was forbidden to menstruating women?

4. What is the English translation of the phrase used by the Awlad 'Ali that begins the lament to mourn a death?

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

(see the answer key)

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