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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Ideology and the Politics of Sentiment.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did many poems explicitly request?
(a) Tenderness.
(b) Help or care.
(c) Consideration.
(d) Love.

2. In a poem recited about his second wife, what image does Rashid use?
(a) Cooking with a liquid of tears.
(b) Drowning in sand.
(c) Beating grain.
(d) Drowning in tears.

3. When did the Awlad 'Ali migrate to the desert?
(a) Spring.
(b) Summer.
(c) Winter.
(d) Fall.

4. How many lines do ghinnawas have?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

5. What type of occasions would elders avoid so as not to hear ghinnawas publicly sung?
(a) Women's gatherings.
(b) Courtship ceremonies.
(c) Sheep shearings.
(d) Births of babies.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Rashid's second wife ran away, who does Rashid blame?

2. Who was the person usually most responsible for preventing love matches?

3. When did Lila live with the Awlad 'Ali?

4. What color cummerbund would the women of the Awlad 'Ali wear around their waists?

5. When did the Awlad 'Ali typically consummate a marriage after the wedding?

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