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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 type of occasions would elders avoid so as not to hear ghinnawas publicly sung?
(a) Women's gatherings.
(b) Sheep shearings.
(c) Courtship ceremonies.
(d) Births of babies.

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

3. How many wives does Aziza's brother have?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What were two women doing when Lila captured their conversation and songs on tape?

2. What part of the body was frequently mentioned in ghinnawas?

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

4. What was Bateson discussing when he argued that art corrects a too-limited and ultimately destructive understanding of the world?

5. During what occasion did Lila hear men sing in public?

Short Essay Questions

1. For the Awlad 'Ali, how does poetry relate to the past?

2. Are ghinnawas a traditional form?

3. What other groups compose and recite ghinnawas?

4. Why were romances unlikely to result in marriage?

5. How is the threat of sexuality to the Bedouin system dealt with?

6. After hearing so much about the value of hasham, why was Lila shocked to learn about one young woman in the camp?

7. When were ghinnawas sung at weddings?

8. How did a niece describe how she found the body of her aunt, after the old woman died suddenly?

9. How does poetry cloak statements?

10. What tape that Lila recorded did most people want to hear again and again?

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