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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. In the story The Angel of Death With The Proud King And The Devout Man, what does the king who was stopped by the man in rags do so that people could admire him?
(a) Went out on his horse in fancy clothing.
(b) Kept an entourage of 30 people at all times.
(c) Had trumpeters announce his arrival for every house he entered.
(d) Went out on his elephant in fancy clothing.

2. 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.

3. What is the name of the powerful wizard who came to Alaeddin when he was fifteen?
(a) Alagha.
(b) Shezaradade.
(c) Ghalago.
(d) Darwaysh.

4. Where did Caliph Abd al-Malik bin Marwan live in the story The City of Brass?
(a) Israel.
(b) Damascus.
(c) Cairo.
(d) Baghdad.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What story does Abu tell his two "merchant" friends at his house in The Sleeper And The Waker?

2. How much money does the Caliph offer to whomever can tell him who died first in Abu's story?

3. In the story of How Abu Hasan Broke Wind, what is the great celebration Abu Hasan is throwing?

4. What does the lady with the five suitors originally request the carpenter to build?

5. What do the thieves say to open the door of the cave in Ali Baba And The Forty Thieves?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the relationship between the Allah and the Caliph in regards to which has the most power in Khalifah The Fisherman of Baghdad?

2. How is the ending of this story from The Ebony Horse a very direct and personally-related implication to the king from Shahrazad?

3. Why might it be in Shahrazad's interests to decide to tell this story to the king in The City of Brass?

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

5. 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?

6. What moral does Shahrazad imply through her story in the story Julnar The Sea-Born And Her Son King Badr Basim of Persia?

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

8. 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?

9. Consider the phrases, "All lies become revealed in time," and "time heals all wounds". How is this played out/proven in Abu Kir The Dyer And Abu Sir The Barber?

10. What is ironic about the fact of Abu Hasan breaking wind in How Abu Hasan Bake Wind?

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