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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. How many of the adults in the community where Lila lived had been officially divorced at least once?

3. What did the husband of a wife ask her to get rid of after he "left" her for two years?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How are ghinnawas linked to romantic love?

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

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

4. How is the threat of sexuality to the Bedouin system dealt with?

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

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

7. For the Awlad 'Ali, how does poetry relate to the past?

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

9. Why were romances unlikely to result in marriage?

10. What was Aziza's story?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the response to death in everyday language and behavior to the sentiments expressed in poetry and crying.

Essay Topic 2

Using examples from the book, discuss how providers (persons in authority) treat their dependents.

Essay Topic 3

Using examples from the book, discuss the reasons why Lila's father accompanied her when she made her first contact with the Awlad 'Ali.

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