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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who was the man who was criticized for going to find a runaway second wife?
(a) Daksha.
(b) Efron.
(c) Rashid.
(d) Tanmay.

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

4. In a folktale, when a man gave birth, what carried the baby away?
(a) A gazelle.
(b) An ostrich
(c) A bird.
(d) A wild dog.

5. What did Bedouins believe caused serious illness?
(a) Exposure to black magic.
(b) The use of an amulet or charm.
(c) Being cursed.
(d) Solitary encounters in deserted places with jinn.

6. What word described a Bedouin man's years of youth?
(a) Sinn ir-rushd.
(b) Shekhukha.
(c) Agil.
(d) Shabab.

7. Where did God banish Eve after she ate the fruit?
(a) To the north.
(b) To the south.
(c) To the east.
(d) To the west.

8. How old was the man who lost respect because he submitted to his passions and chased women?
(a) 50's.
(b) 30's.
(c) 60's.
(d) 40's.

9. What pious activity was forbidden to menstruating women?
(a) Fasting.
(b) A pilgrimage.
(c) Prayer.
(d) Giving alms.

10. What was the name of the Haj's first wife?
(a) Gatifa.
(b) Daija.
(c) Aadi.
(d) Maalini.

11. What types of trees did the Awlad 'Ali plant?
(a) Palm and date trees.
(b) Sycamore and lotus trees.
(c) Willow and mulberry trees.
(d) Olive and almond trees.

12. Who wrote the "Alexandria Quartet?"
(a) Lawrence Durrell.
(b) Philip Manchester.
(c) Robert Douchester.
(d) David Corell.

13. Where did God banish Adam after he ate the fruit?
(a) To the south.
(b) To the east.
(c) To the west.
(d) To the north.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In a story told to Lila about loving daughters and abusive and heartless sons, how many daughters did a woman have?

2. In a Bedouin story, what was God's reason for forbidding Adam and Eve to eat fruit from a particular tree?

3. What tribes were the true Awlad 'Ali?

4. When did Lila's new life begin to seem natural, so she felt as if she belonged with the Awlad 'Ali?

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

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