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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, Ali The Persian.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lady Zubaydah order her staff to do to look as though they are mourning Kut's death?
(a) Dress in black.
(b) Tear at their hair.
(c) Tear their clothes.
(d) Cry in the streets.

2. What does the Kazi do when faced with Ali and the Kurd?
(a) Tells them to report to the king.
(b) Asks them for their separate stories.
(c) Joins them for a feast.
(d) Confirms that they are brothers.

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

4. According to the duck, the lion cub received what it had asked for; but how did it die?
(a) The lynx attacked it.
(b) The holy man stabbed it.
(c) The carpenter burned it to death.
(d) It drowned.

5. Who is the first person that the animals in The Tale of The Birds And The Beasts And The Carpenter meet?
(a) A widow.
(b) A carpenter.
(c) A peasant.
(d) A holy man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the hermit eat/survive on?

2. If the tale impresses the Caliph, what does he promise to do?

3. What does Kamar take from Budur while she is sleeping?

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

5. When Hatim of the Tribe of Tayy died, where was he buried?

(see the answer key)

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