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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the poor man take the dog's bowl to the market?
(a) To sell it for a slave.
(b) To sell it for money.
(c) To use it for blackmail.
(d) To find out its worth.

2. What do the two kings, Sharyar and his brother, Shah Zaman, vow?
(a) To tell the story of 'The Bull and the Ass' every day.
(b) Not to ask the Jinni for favors.
(c) To find new wives.
(d) Never to trust women again.

3. What does the Kurd do when he sees Ali with what he is holding?
(a) Drops to his knees praying.
(b) Claims that Ali is his brother.
(c) Claims it is his.
(d) Drops to his knees crying.

4. Where is the ruined man told to go in his dream?
(a) Cairo.
(b) Baghdad.
(c) Burma.
(d) Wali.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the King of Himyar's servants do for him in the evening after his dream about Hatim?

2. Who is Gobbo?

3. Upon meeting the angel, the hermit does what?

4. Of the men questioned by the Three Ladies of Baghdad, who was known to have loved sailing the seas?

5. What did the King of Himyar see in his dream?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Shahrazad teach the king through her story In The Tale of Ma'an Son of Zaidah and The Badawi?

2. What does the circular nature and connectedness of the happenings in The Tale of The Three Apples imply?

3. In the opening chapter of The Story of King Shahryar And His Brother, Shahrazad is spared eligibility for beheading because she is one of the Wazir's daughters. Is her request to marry the king an act of fate/Allah's power, or rather an a human aspect of her personality?

4. What are the fundamental differences in value systems between the duck and the three other animals; peahen, peacock and antelope metioned in The Tale of The Birds And The Beasts And The Carpenter?

5. What message through the story is meant for the King from Shahrazad in The City of Many-Columned Iram and Abdullah Son of Abi Kalibah?

6. In The Sweep and The Noble Lady, how did the Emir's pardon of the sweep seem just, although it was not the ultimate punishment (death)?

7. What could one say might be the moral of this story in The Tale of The Birds And The Beasts And The Carpenter?

8. Through this story of Nur Al-Din Ali And His Son Al-Din Hasan, how does Shahrazad indirectly remind King Shahryar of the value of family?

9. In The Tale of Ma'an Son of Zaidah and The Badawi, how does the Emir reward loyalty?

10. Correlate the experience of visiting the Caliph for help/direction in the Porter and The Three Ladies of Baghdad to visiting another person of power for help in the present day.

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