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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14 trhough 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who told Mernissi that she should never accept inequality because it was not logical?
(a) Her father.
(b) Grandfather Tazi.
(c) Yasmina.
(d) Her mother.

2. Where did Mernissi and her family go to have a picnic in the springtime that was ten kilometers away from their home?
(a) Grandfather's farm.
(b) Resort.
(c) Uncle's farm.
(d) Lake.

3. What did Mernissi's mother pack for the picnic that her father said to forget about bringing?
(a) Books.
(b) Wine.
(c) Swings.
(d) Food.

4. What did the children like to play hide-and-go-seek in?
(a) The courtyard.
(b) Aunt Habiba's room.
(c) Olive jars.
(d) Mernissi's grandmother's salon.

5. What kind of food did Aunt Habiba cure in the sun?
(a) Peaches.
(b) Grapes.
(c) Figs.
(d) Olives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Zin and Jawad wear when they went to the movies?

2. In "The French Harem," what does Mernissi say she had to have permission to do?

3. Who rescued Mernissi when she got stuck in the olive jars she had slid into?

4. What program did the women of the harem like to listen to on the radio?

5. Which woman of the harem was occasionally affected by hem?

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