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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What beverage is mentioned in the "Alexandria Quartet?"
(a) Coffee.
(b) Beer.
(c) Tea.
(d) Lemonade.

2. What bird represented the Bedouin ideals of manhood?
(a) Falcon.
(b) Hawk.
(c) Eagle.
(d) Osprey.

3. Before Lila arrived, how long had it been since the Awlad 'Ali migrated to the desert?
(a) 7 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 12 years.
(d) 5 years.

4. When Lila left, how many children did the Haj have?
(a) 18.
(b) 16.
(c) 21.
(d) 15.

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

6. How frequent were droughts in Awlad 'Ali territory?
(a) About every 10 years.
(b) About every 5 years.
(c) About every 7 years.
(d) About every 6 years.

7. What form of poetry did the ghinnawas most resemble?
(a) A cinquain.
(b) A quatrain.
(c) An Italian canzone.
(d) Japanese haiku.

8. What types of trees surrounded crude structures at the edge of the Western desert?
(a) Olive Trees.
(b) Sycamore trees.
(c) Almond Trees.
(d) Dwarf fig trees.

9. Who gave the Awlad 'Ali rights to land in the Western desert in the nineteenth century?
(a) Ali Sadik Bey.
(b) Muhammad Abdel Halim.
(c) Ibrahim Pasha.
(d) Mohammad 'Ali.

10. In a story told to Lila about loving daughters and abusive and heartless sons, how many daughters did a woman have?
(a) 9.
(b) 7.
(c) 8.
(d) 11.

11. What colors were associated with purity and with men?
(a) White and green.
(b) Blue and white.
(c) Yellow and red.
(d) Black and red.

12. What drapes over the tent or automobile that carries a bride to her new home?
(a) A large red blanket.
(b) A man's green toga.
(c) A large white blanket.
(d) A man's white toga.

13. When Lila did her fieldwork, how many of the five core household heads married paternal first cousins?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

14. In what city had the bonds between Bedouin kin been weakened in favor of those between neighbors?
(a) Tubruq.
(b) Marsa Matruh.
(c) Sidi Barrani.
(d) El Moderian.

15. What was closely tied to the moral nature among the Awlad 'Ali?
(a) Respect.
(b) Status.
(c) Blood.
(d) Courage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were women said to fear?

2. Who was the man who inherited wealth, but lost respect because he submitted to his passions and chased women?

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

4. What would ewes have been fed in the desert?

5. What was the standard by which status was measured and hierarchy determined in Awlad 'Ali society?

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