The Arabian Nights Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 50:

1.

What does the poor man do after eating the dog's meat? (from Chapter 14, The Man Who Stole The Dish of Gold Wherein The Dog Ate)

He leaves all sad because dogs are treated better than he is.

He steals the golden bowl.

He washes the golden bowl.

He sleeps in the dog basket.

2.

What does Kamar tell the King who is the father of Princess Sams al-Nahar after it is discovered that he was in the Harim? (from Chapter 16, The Ebony Horse)

That it was dark and he didn't see anything.

That he was a eunuch and no threat to the women of the harim.

Kamar says that he will face the King's army alone to win the Princess.

That he entered the harim by mistake and quickly got out.

3.

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

A warning against looting his city

Thanksgiving to Allah for making the king wealthy

A poetic warning against offending Allah

A proclamation of Shaddad as king of kings

4.

What does the lady give the sweep every morning? (from Chapter 12, The Sweep and the Noble Lady)

A handkerchief containing fifty miskals of gold

An invitation to return that night

A gold dinar

A new suit of fine clothes

5.

After Queen Lab turns Badr into a bird, who rescues him? (from Chapter 23, Julnar the Sea-Born and Her Son King Badr Basim of Persia)

Queen Julnar who restores her son to human form

A servant girl with magic powers

The grocer Abdallah

The Jinn of the magic ring

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