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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18 through 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who landed at Casablanca Airport for the first time in November, 1942?
(a) English botanists.
(b) Swedish missionaries.
(c) Irish immigrants.
(d) Americans soldiers.

2. What activity was considered illegal that the women sometimes did on the terrace?
(a) Drinking coffee.
(b) Smoking cigarettes.
(c) Swearing.
(d) Eating chocolates.

3. What was shape of the house on Grandfather Tazi's farm where the harem lived?
(a) T-shaped.
(b) Y-shaped.
(c) L-shaped.
(d) U-shaped.

4. What was the Egyptian feminist Huda Sha'raoui known for?
(a) Political campaigns.
(b) Salon parties.
(c) Fancy caftans.
(d) Street marches.

5. What did Mernissi travel in when she went on a picnic ten kilometers from her home?
(a) Wagon.
(b) Truck.
(c) Train.
(d) Car.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year was Mernissi born?

2. Why did Mernissi's father make the harem's youth stay with him on his brother's farm during the summer holidays?

3. Why did Aunt Habiba have to live in Mernissi's father's household?

4. Who said that skin was political?

5. What did Mernissi come to associate wearing caftans with during her childhood?

(see the answer key)

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