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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. How many lines do ghinnawas have?

2. What were two women doing when Lila captured their conversation and songs on tape?

3. In a love story told in Chapter 8, how far was a girl buried from the grave of her love?

4. What popular cultural theme becomes tied up with ghinnawas?

5. In an archetypal love story, where did a boy go to get dates?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were romances unlikely to result in marriage?

2. Are ghinnawas a traditional form?

3. Why wasn't the Haj allowed to marry a girl he loved when he was 17?

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

5. In bereavement, how did the Awlad 'Ali express their sentiments?

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

7. What is a ghinnawa?

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

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

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

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

Discuss the practice of divorce among the Awlad 'Ali. Give specific examples from the book and explain what implications divorce might have among the Bedouin.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the structure and form of Awlad 'Ali poetry, the ghinnawa.

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