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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, The Hermits.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In The Tale of the Three Apples, who does the Caliph decree responsible for the woman's death?
(a) The slave's wife.
(b) The lying slave.
(c) The Caliph's daughter.
(d) The husband of the woman.

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

3. Where does the hermit live?
(a) In the backwaters.
(b) On a mountain.
(c) In the desert.
(d) In a cave.

4. In The Tale of the Three Apples, what did the woman's husband bring her when she was ill?
(a) Ten apples.
(b) Three apples.
(c) Five apples.
(d) A slave.

5. Because Ja'far cannot find the murderer of the woman, he and his family are what?
(a) Banished from the kingdom.
(b) Cursed by a demon.
(c) Sentenced to be hanged.
(d) Sentenced to 100 years in prison.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the three slaves met by Ghanim Bin Ayyub enter the courtyard, what DON'T they have?

2. In Chapter 1, 'The Fisherman and the Jinni', what does NOT turn up in the fisherman's first three casts?

3. In The Tale of The Birds And The Beasts And The Carpenter, who are the first two characters that the duck meets?

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

5. Bukhayt was sold as a slave at the age of what?

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