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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. The absence of what was marked by sharing of poetry between individuals?
(a) Tahashsham.
(b) Thesham.
(c) Yithashshamu.
(d) Hasham.

2. What was Bateson discussing when he argued that art corrects a too-limited and ultimately destructive understanding of the world?
(a) Balinese art.
(b) Vietnamese art.
(c) Bedouin art.
(d) Thai art.

3. How many days did paternal relatives wail and cry at a camp where an old woman died suddenly?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

4. In ghinnawas, what did the word 'agl mean to the Bedouin?
(a) Body.
(b) Heart.
(c) Soul.
(d) Mind.

5. Where had Aziza's husband been working when they marry?
(a) Alexandria.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Cairo.
(d) Libya.

Short Answer Questions

1. When an individual wrote a poem about personal experiences, with whom did the writer identify?

2. What does ghinnawa mean?

3. Where did Rashid sleep when he assigned blame to someone for his second wife's running away?

4. What accompanied a message Mabruka sends when warning the recipient to beware?

5. How old was Migdim?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does poetry cloak statements?

2. What is a ghinnawa?

3. Why were romances unlikely to result in marriage?

4. What was Aziza's story?

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

6. What other groups compose and recite ghinnawas?

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

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

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

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

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