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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 29, Ma'aruf The Cobbler And His Wife Fatimah.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kamar says that marriage would be the 'cup of death' because......?
(a) He has read much about the wickedness of women.
(b) He vowed to his mother he would not marry.
(c) He was cursed as a child to die after marriage.
(d) He was told by a demon that this is how he would die.

2. In the story of The Lady And Her Five Suitors, what do the men do after being freed?
(a) Fight with each other and go home.
(b) Embarrassingly laugh at one another.
(c) Kill each other.
(d) Become close friends under Allah.

3. Of the men questioned by the Three Ladies of Baghdad, who was known to have loved sailing the seas?
(a) The First Kalandar.
(b) The Third Kalandar.
(c) The Prince.
(d) The Second Kalandar,

4. In the story of the ruined man who became rich again through a dream, where does the wealthy man live?
(a) Jerusalem.
(b) Cairo.
(c) Baghdad.
(d) Istanbul.

5. What would Kafur do each year as a boy?
(a) Tell one lie.
(b) Pray to a Jinni.
(c) Steal one cow.
(d) Visit his brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Towards the end, the lamp Jinni reveals that the necromancer is posing as what character in Alaeddin: Or, The Wonderful Lamp?

2. How does the man who stole the gold bowl repay the formerly wealthy man?

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

4. When Ajib sees his father the first time, he believes him to be a what?

5. What does the Greek man give King Sabur in the story of The Ebony Horse?

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