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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 crop did the Awlad 'Ali sow yearly?
(a) Barley.
(b) Oats.
(c) Wheat.
(d) Flax.

2. What were the client tribes called?
(a) Al-Tarabeen.
(b) Mrabtin.
(c) Mutair.
(d) Al-Abbadai.

3. Why did Aziza not remarry?
(a) Because her father would not allow her to remarry.
(b) Because her brother would not allow her to remarry.
(c) Because she was raising her son.
(d) Because her husband had been abusive.

4. What part of the body was frequently mentioned in ghinnawas?
(a) Arm.
(b) Eye.
(c) Heart.
(d) Back.

5. With whom did women share poems?
(a) With their brothers.
(b) With their husbands.
(c) Close kinswomen or women they know well.
(d) With their fathers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bedouins believe caused serious illness?

2. What color cloth would a woman in mourning tie around her waist?

3. On page 120, what wild edible green do the children gather?

4. When did a German explorer publish ghinnawas?

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

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