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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did a German explorer publish ghinnawas?
(a) 1926.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1906.

2. What was a theme in the songs between two women that Lila captured on tape?
(a) Acceptance.
(b) Patience.
(c) Love.
(d) Wisdom.

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

4. Where did Rashid sleep when he assigned blame to someone for his second wife's running away?
(a) His father's home.
(b) A tent.
(c) The men's guest room.
(d) His first wife's room.

5. What upset Migdim when she came to stay in the household where Lila was living?
(a) That she was given leftovers.
(b) That she was given no bedding.
(c) That she was not greeted when she arrived.
(d) That she was shunted from room to room.

6. What was the only thing that Lila was usually able to tape record?
(a) Funerals.
(b) Private concerts.
(c) Business transactions.
(d) Wedding festivities.

7. What project did Mabruka refuse to help with because of Rashid's second marriage?
(a) Sewing a tent.
(b) Sewing a quilt.
(c) Sewing a blanket.
(d) Sewing a dress.

8. How old was the Haj when he had his first romance?
(a) 18.
(b) 19.
(c) 16.
(d) 17.

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

10. What is the English translation of the phrase used by the Awlad 'Ali that begins the lament to mourn a death?
(a) My heart is torn.
(b) Woe is me.
(c) Oh, sadness.
(d) Pain and sorrow.

11. What was the year when the Haj had his first romance?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1952.

12. How old was Migdim?
(a) 60's.
(b) 50's.
(c) 40's.
(d) 70's.

13. When Fayga was taken to visit her father, why did she wish to stay longer?
(a) To see a cousin.
(b) To see a younger brother.
(c) To see a sister.
(d) To see an uncle.

14. After the senior magnate questioned family members about the sudden death of an old woman, what causes were suggested for her death?
(a) Sadness because her daughter had died.
(b) A broken heart because her son died.
(c) A stroke.
(d) A heart attack.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the theme of the first song and poem Fayga shared with Lila?

2. Where had Aziza's husband been working when they marry?

3. What theme became associated most closely with the ghinnawa?

4. What type of personal relationships were of great concern among the Bedouins?

5. In an archetypal love story, where did a boy go to get dates?

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