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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. Along with other Muslims, where do the Awlad 'Ali believe children go when they die?
(a) Heaven.
(b) Paradise.
(c) Hell.
(d) A place between heaven and hell.

2. How old was the Haj when he had his first romance?
(a) 17.
(b) 16.
(c) 18.
(d) 19.

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

4. What did the husband of a wife ask her to get rid of after he "left" her for two years?
(a) Chickens.
(b) Goats.
(c) Sheep.
(d) Calves.

5. What was the theme of the first song and poem Fayga shared with Lila?
(a) Undesirability of polygyny.
(b) Dissatisfaction with her husband.
(c) Her unhappiness living in her mother's tent.
(d) The longing to marry another.

Short Answer Questions

1. During Lila's stay among the Awlad 'Ali, how many ghinnawas did she record?

2. How old was Aziza?

3. What did Mabruka refuse to accept when Rashid married another wife?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does poetry cloak statements?

2. Why did Mabruka refuse to attend the wedding when her husband married a second wife?

3. What are the costs of arranged marriages?

4. Why was Lila rarely able to tape-record anything when she was in the field?

5. What did Lila mean when she used the word discourse?

6. How do the Awlad 'Ali present themselves through their poems?

7. What was Aziza's story?

8. How was the youngest adult man in the group of agnatic kinsmen where Lila did her fieldwork killed?

9. In bereavement, how did the Awlad 'Ali express their sentiments?

10. Why were romances unlikely to result in marriage?

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