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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 city did Lila spend time in while waiting for her father to arrive in Egypt?
(a) Alexandria.
(b) Cairo.
(c) Amman.
(d) Port Said.

2. When Rashid's second wife ran away, who does Rashid blame?
(a) A woman in the household.
(b) A child in the household.
(c) His first wife.
(d) His brother.

3. In what point of view do they write ghinnawas?
(a) 2nd person.
(b) 1st person limited.
(c) 3rd person.
(d) 1st person omniscient.

4. With whom did Aziza have recurring problems?
(a) Her uncle.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her mother.

5. What upset Migdim when she came to stay in the household where Lila was living?
(a) That she was given leftovers.
(b) That she was given no bedding.
(c) That she was not greeted when she arrived.
(d) That she was shunted from room to room.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose definition did Lila use to define discourse?

3. What theme became associated most closely with the ghinnawa?

4. What illness did Aziza have?

5. How frequent were droughts in Awlad 'Ali territory?

(see the answer key)

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