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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the peahen and antelope agree upon as their only protection?
(a) Joining the holy man.
(b) Traveling to another island.
(c) Avoiding the lynx.
(d) Praising Allah.

2. _______ seize the sweep while he is working and bring him to the noble lady.
(a) Demons.
(b) Angels.
(c) Eunuchs.
(d) Jinnis.

3. In the end of his story, Bukhayt became the property of ____________.
(a) The Palace of Baghdad.
(b) The Royal Treasury.
(c) The City of Cairo.
(d) The High Council.

4. When the King of Himyar awoke, what did he find?
(a) Hatim standing over him.
(b) Hatim being carried away by birds.
(c) Angels singing.
(d) His camel dying.

5. Each Kalandar is...
(a) Blind in the left eye.
(b) Blind in the right eye.
(c) Crippled.
(d) Cursed.

6. Who are the ass, fine horse, and camel running away from to avoid being enslaved in The Tale of The Birds And The Beasts And The Carpenter?
(a) The Lion.
(b) The Son of Adam.
(c) The Monkey.
(d) The Lynx.

7. In what location does The Tale of Kamar Al-Zaman begin?
(a) The Caves of Mt. Shala.
(b) Baghdad.
(c) The coast of China.
(d) The Canary Islands.

8. Upon meeting the angel, the hermit does what?
(a) Sends it away.
(b) Makes it his slave.
(c) Ignores it.
(d) Takes it as a pet.

9. In the story of Ali The Persian, bread, a lemon, cheese, and olives are found where?
(a) In the palace of the king.
(b) Under a tree.
(c) On the Caliph's doorstep.
(d) In the bag.

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

11. What is contained in the handkerchief that the noble lady gives the sweep?
(a) One miskal of silver.
(b) Thirty ducats.
(c) Ten dinars.
(d) Fifty miskals of gold.

12. What comes out of the black jar after the fisherman rubs it?
(a) Sand.
(b) A Jinni.
(c) A demon.
(d) 20 dinars.

13. Who sends the angel?
(a) A jinni.
(b) An ocean spirit.
(c) Allah.
(d) A demon.

14. In the story of Ali The Persian, why did Caliph Harun al-Rashid ask his Wazir for a storyteller?
(a) He needed an idea for the next day.
(b) He couldn't sleep.
(c) His wife enjoyed stories.
(d) He needed entertainment for a party.

15. During a pilgrimage to Mecca in the story of The Sweep and The Noble Lady, pilgrims overhear a man praying for what?
(a) One more year of life.
(b) The demonic curse to be lifted.
(c) Riches.
(d) The love of another man's wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the sons of the Wazir of Cairo think they should do in order to have a son and a daughter so that the cousins will pledge to marry?

2. In The Tale of Kamar al-Zaman, what do Maymunah and Dahnash bet over before going to Kamar?

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

4. To whom does Abdullah first report this newfound news?

5. What is sent to the hermit after the angel?

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