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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. In a photograph on page 192, what did women use as a windbreak?
(a) Branches.
(b) A hubcap.
(c) Old olive oil tin.
(d) A board.

2. How many women had the Haj been prevented from marrying because of a family member?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

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

4. In an archetypal love story, where did a boy go to get dates?
(a) Kharga.
(b) Bahariya.
(c) Fayum.
(d) Siwa.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In an age of trucks, what did wealthy men maintain even though they were obsolete?

3. What is revealed in Awlad 'Ali poetry?

4. What was a reason Rashid might have taken a second wife?

5. How old was the Haj when he had his first romance?

Short Essay Questions

1. What other groups compose and recite ghinnawas?

2. What was Aziza's story?

3. Why are analogies drawn in poetry between the poet and young children?

4. With whom are poems shared?

5. How do reactions to a husband's second marriage vary?

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

7. Why was poetry gradually disappearing from public ceremonial occasions?

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

9. What was Mabruka's response when she was accused of sorcery?

10. How does poetry cloak statements?

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