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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Firdaus invite El Saadawi to sit when they meet for the first time in Chapter 1?
(a) On her bed.
(b) On a table.
(c) On the ground.
(d) In a chair.

2. What does the warden believe about Firdaus?
(a) She killed her brother.
(b) She does not deserve to hang.
(c) She deserves to hang.
(d) She is insane.

3. In what year was Firdaus executed?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1995.
(d) 2002.

4. What does the doctor want Firdus' sentence reduced to in Chapter 1?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 12 months.
(c) Life in prison.
(d) Death.

5. Who introduces El Saadawi to Firdaus?
(a) A police man.
(b) A guard.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What paperwork does Firdaus refuse to sign in Chapter 1?

2. Why is Firdaus unlike other inmates?

3. What magazine did El Saadawi work for in the 1970's?

4. What year is "Women and Neurosis in Egypt" published?

5. Why did Firdaus go to jail?

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