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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of the body was frequently mentioned in ghinnawas?

2. With whom did Aziza have recurring problems?

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

4. What was a theme in the songs between two women that Lila captured on tape?

5. When an old woman suddenly died, what did some suggest her husband had done?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does poetry cloak statements?

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

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

7. Why were romances unlikely to result in marriage?

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

9. What other groups compose and recite ghinnawas?

10. When were ghinnawas sung at weddings?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss why ghinnawas, the poetry of the Awlad 'Ali, are veiled sentiments.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the natural reasons that exist for a belief in female moral inferiority in a Bedouin society, use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the formal and informal checks and balances that exist to stop tyrannical providers. Give examples from the book and use quotes to support your discussion.

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