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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. During Lila's stay among the Awlad 'Ali, how many ghinnawas did she record?
(a) 475.
(b) 450.
(c) 520.
(d) 375.

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

3. What was the only thing that Lila was usually able to tape record?
(a) Private concerts.
(b) Business transactions.
(c) Funerals.
(d) Wedding festivities.

4. Which particular gift given to her husband's new bride did the first wife Mabruka resent?
(a) Western-style jewelry.
(b) A veil.
(c) A pair of Western-style sandals.
(d) A belt.

5. How old was Migdim?
(a) 50's.
(b) 40's.
(c) 70's.
(d) 60's.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was the Haj when he finally married?

2. Along with other Muslims, where do the Awlad 'Ali believe children go when they die?

3. How many syllables are in ghinnawas?

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

5. What emotion about her husband's second marriage did Mabruka's poetry reveal?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What two generalizations did Lila make about the range of sentiments expressed in ghinnawas?

4. Are ghinnawas a traditional form?

5. What is a ghinnawa?

6. Why were romances unlikely to result in marriage?

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

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

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

10. What are the costs of arranged marriages?

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