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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What emotion about her husband's second marriage did Mabruka's poetry reveal?
(a) Bitterness.
(b) Anger.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Despair.

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

3. 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.

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

5. When a girl of about seventeen died, which male relative cried at the funeral?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her grandfather.
(c) Her uncle.
(d) Her father.

6. With whom did women share poems?
(a) With their fathers.
(b) With their husbands.
(c) Close kinswomen or women they know well.
(d) With their brothers.

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

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

9. How many ghinnawas did a German explorer publish?
(a) 100 or so.
(b) 200 or so.
(c) 89.
(d) 50.

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

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

12. How many days did paternal relatives wail and cry at a camp where an old woman died suddenly?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

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

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

15. When an old woman suddenly died, what did some suggest her husband had done?
(a) Beat her.
(b) Strangled her.
(c) Choked her.
(d) Hit her over the head.

Short Answer Questions

1. How would a body be prepared in proper Muslim fashion?

2. In a love story told in Chapter 8, what happened to a woodcutter?

3. When Fayga was taken to visit her father, why did she wish to stay longer?

4. How many women had the Haj been prevented from marrying because of a family member?

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

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