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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25, Abu Kir The Dyer And Abu Sir The Barber.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how long does Abu Kir sit around and loaf in Alexandria?
(a) Eight days.
(b) Twenty days.
(c) Three days.
(d) Thirty days.

2. In The Tale of the Portress in Chapter 3, what is the title of the third sister?
(a) The Caliph.
(b) The procuratrix.
(c) The Portress.
(d) Dunyazad.

3. What happens to the sweep after he tells his story to the Emir?
(a) He is excused from hanging.
(b) He is killed by the Emir's wife.
(c) He is sent away by the queen.
(d) He is chosen to be an honored servant of the Wazir.

4. When Ajib sees his father the first time, he believes him to be a what?
(a) Cook.
(b) A merchant.
(c) A demon.
(d) A slave.

5. According to the First Kalandar, when he returned to his kingdom for the first time, he found what?
(a) His wife had run away with the Wazir.
(b) His palace to have been overtaken by his Wazir.
(c) His Wazir had fled the palace.
(d) The palace had turned to stone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color does the city that Abu Kir returns to dye all their clothes in Abu Kir The Dyer And Abu Sir The Barber?

2. What is Shams al-Din Mohammed's first daugher's name?

3. The eldest of the Three Ladies of Baghdad speaks of two black dogs. Who are they?

4. During a pilgrimage to Mecca in the story of The Sweep and The Noble Lady, pilgrims overhear a man praying for what?

5. What is the consequence of the ruined man falling asleep where he does?

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