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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 were women said to fear?
(a) Loss.
(b) The dark.
(c) Birth.
(d) Hunger.

2. When did the ancestors of the Awlad 'Ali sweep through North Africa?
(a) 13th century.
(b) 10th century.
(c) 12th century.
(d) 11th century.

3. What was a man who needed women called?
(a) A donkey.
(b) A turkey.
(c) A dog.
(d) A skunk.

4. How old was Nafla when her family tried to force her into a marriage?
(a) 20.
(b) 18.
(c) 16.
(d) 14

5. In Bedouin ideology, what determined a man's authority?
(a) Force.
(b) Ancestry.
(c) Moral worthiness.
(d) Ascribed position.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what point of view do they write ghinnawas?

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

3. What accompanied a message Mabruka sends when warning the recipient to beware?

4. What was a reason Rashid might have taken a second wife?

5. How many children did the man, who was criticized for going to find his runaway second wife, have with his first wife?

(see the answer key)

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