The Arabian Nights Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 50:

1.

How much money does the Caliph offer to whomever can tell him who died first in Abu's story? (from Chapter 26, The Sleeper and the Waker)

A thousand ducats.

A thousand dinars.

Three thousand dinars.

Ten thousand ducats.

2.

What is the sweep's relationship with the noble lady? (from Chapter 12, The Sweep and the Noble Lady)

He watches her bathe while he was on the roof of her house.

She lets him see her undressed but he cannot not touch.

He had loved her since he was a boy.

She pays him to sleep with her.

3.

What joke is played on the Caliph? (from Chapter 26, The Sleeper and the Waker)

He puts bhang in the Caliph's cup.

He ties the Caliph's shoe laces together.

He convinces the Caliph that the Lady Zubaydah is dead.

Abu al-Hasan-al-Khali'a pretends to be dead and then suddenly sits up.

4.

In the Story Julnar, The Sea-Born And Her Son King Badr Basim of Persia, what does the maiden deliver? (from Chapter 23, Julnar the Sea-Born and Her Son King Badr Basim of Persia)

Twins.

A girl.

She is not able to deliver children.

A boy.

5.

What inscription is on King Shaddad's tomb? (from Chapter 11, The City of Many-Columned Iram and Abdullah Son of Abi Kalibah)

A poetic warning against offending Allah

Thanksgiving to Allah for making the king wealthy

A warning against looting his city

A proclamation of Shaddad as king of kings

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