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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During Lila's stay among the Awlad 'Ali, how many ghinnawas did she record?
(a) 375.
(b) 450.
(c) 520.
(d) 475.

2. In a love story told in Chapter 8, what grew from the graves of a boy and girl who loved each other?
(a) Palms.
(b) Geraniums.
(c) Acacias.
(d) Astragalus.

3. How did women feel if men heard them singing or reciting poetry?
(a) Frustrated.
(b) Embarrassed.
(c) Sad.
(d) Angry.

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

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

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

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

8. Whose definition did Lila use to define discourse?
(a) Collier.
(b) Baer.
(c) Antoun.
(d) Foucault.

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) Ships and harbors.
(b) Sleep and death.
(c) Predator and prey.
(d) Road and journey.

10. What were two women doing when Lila captured their conversation and songs on tape?
(a) Caring for children.
(b) Sewing a tent.
(c) Doing laundry.
(d) Visiting neighbors.

11. Which particular gift given to her husband's new bride did the first wife Mabruka resent?
(a) Western-style jewelry.
(b) A belt.
(c) A veil.
(d) A pair of Western-style sandals.

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

13. What did Mabruka refuse to accept when Rashid married another wife?
(a) Special clothing.
(b) Wedding gifts due her.
(c) A new tent.
(d) Special wine.

14. How many years before Lila's arrival had a young man been murdered?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 8 years.
(c) 6 years.
(d) 7 years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days did paternal relatives wail and cry at a camp where an old woman died suddenly?

2. The absence of what was marked by sharing of poetry between individuals?

3. What was the year when the Haj had his first romance?

4. In a love story told in Chapter 8, how far was a girl buried from the grave of her love?

5. How was the ghinnawa divisible?

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