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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. Where had Aziza's husband been working when they marry?
(a) Cairo.
(b) Libya.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Alexandria.
2. How many ghinnawas did a German explorer publish?
(a) 200 or so.
(b) 100 or so.
(c) 89.
(d) 50.
3. When an individual wrote a poem about personal experiences, with whom did the writer identify?
(a) People they respect in the community.
(b) Beloved relatives.
(c) Tragic heroes and heroines from the past.
(d) Respected ancestors.
4. How was the ghinnawa divisible?
(a) Into a dactyl.
(b) Into a couplet.
(c) Into a hemistiche.
(d) Into a caesura.
5. What theme became associated most closely with the ghinnawa?
(a) Death.
(b) Romantic love.
(c) Children.
(d) Jealousy.
Short Answer Questions
1. What upset Migdim when she came to stay in the household where Lila was living?
2. In ghinnawas, what did the word 'agl mean to the Bedouin?
3. What is the English translation of the phrase used by the Awlad 'Ali that begins the lament to mourn a death?
4. Who did Mabruka, Rashid's first wife, blame for Rashid's second marriage?
5. How many days did paternal relatives wail and cry at a camp where an old woman died suddenly?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Mabruka refuse to attend the wedding when her husband married a second wife?
2. With whom are poems shared?
3. What was Mabruka's response when she was accused of sorcery?
4. What is a ghinnawa?
5. After hearing so much about the value of hasham, why was Lila shocked to learn about one young woman in the camp?
6. What other groups compose and recite ghinnawas?
7. What are the costs of arranged marriages?
8. How does poetry cloak statements?
9. When did the Awlad 'Ali learn to attribute blame when something happened?
10. How did a niece describe how she found the body of her aunt, after the old woman died suddenly?
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