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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. How much money does the Caliph offer to whomever can tell him who died first in Abu's story?
(a) A thousand dinars.
(b) A thousand ducats.
(c) Ten thousand ducats.
(d) Three thousand dinars.

2. In the story The City of Brass, how many people are in Emir Musa's traveling party to where the cucurbites are found?
(a) 203.
(b) 3.
(c) 2000.
(d) 2003.

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

4. How does Abu treat the strangers he entertains after the first visit in The Sleeper And The Waker?
(a) He slanders them.
(b) He ignores them.
(c) He pretends he is related to them.
(d) He invites them back only after one year.

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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the first animal that is caught tell Khalifah to do?

2. When will the key be returned to Abu Kir in Abu Kir The Dyer And Abu Sir The Barber?

3. What is the name of the tribe of blacks encountered towards the end of the story of The City of Brass?

4. What does the Persian give King Sabur in the story of The Ebony Horse?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What character trait(s) of the men in the story Julnar The Sea-Born And Her Son King Badr Basim of Persia allow(s) them to be ensnared by Queen Lab?

2. In Judar And His Brethren, how does Judar portray his greed?

3. In this tale of Ali Baba And The Forty Thieves, Shahrazad presents a servant girl as the hero. What may be the point of this story for Shahrazad in light of the king's attitude towards women?

4. What does Shahrazad reinforce to her king through The Sleeper And The Waker?

5. In The Angel of Death With The Proud King And The Devout Man is described a wealthy man and a poor one. What are the fundamental differences in the reasons for why each man personally lived his life?

6. In Khalifah The Fisherman of Baghdad, the reader witnesses the Caliph dispense mercy and cruelty with the whim of someone raised in a position of such absolute power that it distances him from the suffering of the common people, much like the fisherman Khalifah. How could this part of the story relate to Shahrazad's goal of changing the king's ways?

7. What lesson does Shahrazad teach the king through her story in Sindbad The Seaman And Sindbad The Lands?

8. How is Abu Kir's life like his business in Abu Kir The Dyer And Abu Sir The Barber?

9. In the Conclusion, King Shahryar's legacy began bloody and ended in peace and prosperity thanks to the gifted storyteller, Shahrazad. Through her stories and her love she changes the heart of the king and her stories live on through the generations. What kind of a reminder can this conclusion offer to humanity on the whole?

10. In what ways in Judar And His Brethren does Shahrazad personify evil throughout her story?

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