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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What values were at the heart of the Awlad 'Ali moral system?
(a) Strength and dignity.
(b) Courage and valor.
(c) Honor and modesty.
(d) Honesty and justice.

2. How frequent were droughts in Awlad 'Ali territory?
(a) About every 7 years.
(b) About every 10 years.
(c) About every 6 years.
(d) About every 5 years.

3. Who gave the Awlad 'Ali rights to land in the Western desert in the nineteenth century?
(a) Muhammad Abdel Halim.
(b) Ali Sadik Bey.
(c) Mohammad 'Ali.
(d) Ibrahim Pasha.

4. During the first few months that Lila lived with the Awlad 'Ali, how often would Lila travel to Cairo?
(a) Every other month.
(b) Every week.
(c) Every 2-3 weeks.
(d) Once a month.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many client households were in the camp where Lila lived?

2. When did the ancestors of the Awlad 'Ali sweep through North Africa?

3. In a folktale, what did Muhammad buh Sultan send to be watered at the spring where a beautiful girl lived?

4. What crop did the Awlad 'Ali sow yearly?

5. What form of poetry did the ghinnawas most resemble?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did clients do for their patrons?

2. How did people greet the birth of a boy?

3. What was the assumption in Egypt about nomadism and semi-nomadism?

4. Why did foreigners call taxis in Alexandria "flying coffins"?

5. How did Nafla resist an unwanted marriage when she was fourteen?

6. How did people greet the birth of a girl?

7. How does a modest woman show virtuous womanhood?

8. Why was the Haj's mother reserved with Lila at first and why did her attitude change?

9. What questions and doubts do anthropologists deal with when doing field work?

10. How did the Bedouin like to honor guests?

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