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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. At what age did Awlad 'Ali boys marry?
(a) 20 to 40.
(b) 20 to 35.
(c) 18 to 25.
(d) 16 to 30.

2. Who was the person usually most responsible for preventing love matches?
(a) A girl's father.
(b) A boy's paternal uncle.
(c) A girl's paternal first cousin.
(d) A boy's father.

3. What German explorer published ghinnawas?
(a) David Reinhardt.
(b) Manfried Siegfried.
(c) D. E. Eberhardt Reinhold.
(d) J. C. Ewald Falls.

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

5. During what occasion did Lila hear men sing in public?
(a) Funeral.
(b) Circumcision.
(c) Sheep shearing.
(d) Wedding.

Short Answer Questions

1. What illness did Aziza have?

2. What does ghinnawa mean?

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

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

5. What type of occasions would elders avoid so as not to hear ghinnawas publicly sung?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a ghinnawa?

2. When were ghinnawas sung at weddings?

3. What are the costs of arranged marriages?

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

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

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

7. When did the Awlad 'Ali learn to attribute blame when something happened?

8. Are ghinnawas a traditional form?

9. What other groups compose and recite ghinnawas?

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

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