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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Abu stay away from his old friends in The Sleeper And The Waker?
(a) By hiring spies to know where they are.
(b) By moving his house to Cairo.
(c) By inviting strangers to his home.
(d) By cursing his old friends.

2. In the story The City of Brass, what is the brass statue rider supposed to point to once awakened?
(a) The Star of Allah.
(b) The Emerald Cave.
(c) The Island of Gold.
(d) The City of Brass.

3. What does the Persian give King Sabur in the story of The Ebony Horse?
(a) Three peacocks.
(b) A gold elephant.
(c) A black horse.
(d) A woman.

4. How many times did Khalifah cast his fishing net in Khalifah The Fisherman of Baghdad?
(a) Three.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Twenty-three.
(d) Ten.

5. After traveling back home in disguise, what does Abu Hasan do for the rest of his days in the story of How Abu Hasan Broke Wind?
(a) Lives in exile.
(b) Lives the life of a monk.
(c) Lives happily ever after.
(d) Cries to an old woman.

6. What color does the city that Abu Kir returns to dye all their clothes in Abu Kir The Dyer And Abu Sir The Barber?
(a) Black.
(b) Blue.
(c) Green.
(d) Red.

7. Alaeddin is such a lazy good for nothing that he refuses to learn his father's trade as a what?
(a) Horse-shoer.
(b) Carpenter.
(c) Fisherman.
(d) Tailor.

8. What does King Sabur release the Persian from in the story of The Ebony Horse?
(a) A curse.
(b) An underwater cave.
(c) Jail.
(d) A tower.

9. What does the Indian man give King Sabur in the story of The Ebony Horse?
(a) A gold statue of a man with a trumpet.
(b) A cask of frankincense.
(c) A jeweled mirror.
(d) Gold bracelets.

10. How many Dirams does Sindbad The Seaman have left after squandering most of his money in Sindbad The Seaman And Sindbad The Landsman?
(a) Fifteen dinars.
(b) Eighteen dinars.
(c) Twelve thousand rupees.
(d) Three thousand dirhams.

11. In the Story Julnar, The Sea-Born And Her Son King Badr Basim of Persia, the king mourns that none of his 100 concubines has bore him what?
(a) Twins.
(b) A child.
(c) A son.
(d) A daughter.

12. What is the relationship between the two main characters introduced at the beginning of the story in Ali Baba And The Forty Thieves?
(a) They are long lost friends.
(b) They are brothers.
(c) They are cousins.
(d) They are father and son.

13. Where do Ma'aruf and Fatimah live in Ma'aruf The Cobbler And His Wife Fatimah?
(a) Damascus.
(b) Cairo.
(c) Baghdad.
(d) Alexandria.

14. What is Ali Baba doing when he comes across the forty thieves?
(a) Dreaming at home.
(b) Taking a bath in his home.
(c) Feeding his horses.
(d) Looking for firewood in the jungle.

15. In Sindbad The Seaman And Sindbad The Landsman, what does the captain of Sindbad The Seaman's ship cry out about the island as people are disembarking?
(a) That they are all cursed.
(b) That the island is a fish.
(c) That he is not a captain at all.
(d) Nothing, because the power of speech is taken away from him.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story The Angel of Death With The Proud King And The Devout Man, what privilege is given the pious man when his death his imminent?

2. Where does the king live topographically in the Story Julnar, The Sea-Born And Her Son King Badr Basim of Persia?

3. In the story The City of Brass, how many people are in Emir Musa's traveling party to where the cucurbites are found?

4. What is the name of the powerful wizard who came to Alaeddin when he was fifteen?

5. How do the two brothers serve as king?

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