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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A word the Haj used to refer to a married woman he loved shared the same root word with which other word of the choices?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Captive.
(c) Kind.
(d) Hostage.

2. With whom did Aziza have recurring problems?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her uncle.
(d) Her father.

3. What accompanied a message Mabruka sends when warning the recipient to beware?
(a) Pot of food.
(b) A blanket.
(c) A special beverage.
(d) A garment.

4. At what age did Awlad 'Ali boys marry?
(a) 20 to 40.
(b) 18 to 25.
(c) 16 to 30.
(d) 20 to 35.

5. What did the Awlad 'Ali believe should be evoked by beautiful poetry?
(a) Joy.
(b) Sorrow.
(c) Laughter.
(d) Tears.

6. Of the ghinnawas that Lila recorded when she stayed with the Awlad 'Ali, how many were duplicates?
(a) About 10.
(b) Only a few.
(c) About 20.
(d) Only 7 or 8.

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

8. When a girl of about seventeen died, who did her family blame?
(a) A man who frightened her by shooting a rifle in the air.
(b) Her brother.
(c) A man who drove by too fast in a jeep.
(d) Her grandfather.

9. When Lila has difficulty translating imagery that Makraba used in her poetry about her husband's second marriage, what are the images of? When Lila has difficulty translating imagery that Makraba used in her poetry about her husband's second marriage, what are the images of?
(a) Road and journey.
(b) Sleep and death.
(c) Predator and prey.
(d) Ships and harbors.

10. What German explorer published ghinnawas?
(a) J. C. Ewald Falls.
(b) David Reinhardt.
(c) D. E. Eberhardt Reinhold.
(d) Manfried Siegfried.

11. Where had Aziza's husband been working when they marry?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Cairo.
(c) Libya.
(d) Alexandria.

12. With whom did men share poems?
(a) Their uncles.
(b) Men who are a generation older than their fathers.
(c) Their fathers.
(d) Close kinsmen of their generation or lower status men.

13. In a love story in Chapter 8, who killed a girl when she wailed and cried over the death of the boy she loved?
(a) Her uncle.
(b) Her cousin.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her brother.

14. How many of the adults in the community where Lila lived had been officially divorced at least once?
(a) Over 1/3.
(b) 2/3.
(c) 1/4.
(d) Over 1/2.

15. How was the ghinnawa divisible?
(a) Into a hemistiche.
(b) Into a dactyl.
(c) Into a couplet.
(d) Into a caesura.

Short Answer Questions

1. What popular cultural theme becomes tied up with ghinnawas?

2. In an age of trucks, what did wealthy men maintain even though they were obsolete?

3. How old was the Haj when he finally married?

4. How many syllables are in ghinnawas?

5. How many ghinnawas did a German explorer publish?

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