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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. What tribes were the true Awlad 'Ali?
(a) Rwala.
(b) Sa'adi.
(c) Al Adwan.
(d) Beni-Hasan.

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

3. When did Lila first realize the sensitive nature of the poems recited by the women?
(a) When Lila heard a poem at a birth.
(b) When Lila heard one of these poems at a funeral.
(c) When Lila heard a poem at a wedding.
(d) When a shepherd's wife recited one of these poems.

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

5. Who did Mabruka, Rashid's first wife, blame for Rashid's second marriage?
(a) Her brother-in-law.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her uncle.
(d) Her husband's uncle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Adam and Eve meet again after God banished them?

2. Where had Aziza's husband been working when they marry?

3. What city did Lila spend time in while waiting for her father to arrive in Egypt?

4. When Lila did her fieldwork, how many of the five core household heads married paternal first cousins?

5. When Lila has difficulty translating imagery that Makraba used in her poetry about her husband's second marriage, what are the images of? When Lila has difficulty translating imagery that Makraba used in her poetry about her husband's second marriage, what are the images of?

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