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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. What does Kirsha believe is replacing public recitations?
(a) Musical performers.
(b) Individual memorization.
(c) The radio.
(d) Television.

2. What does Salim Alwan's lunch do for him?
(a) It gives him unusual energy for work.
(b) It is an aphrodisiac.
(c) It makes him cheerful.
(d) It helps him to nap.

3. What does Husniya tell Zaita he must do before he can talk to people?
(a) Get new clothes.
(b) Ask forgiveness.
(c) Wash himself.
(d) Learn good manners.

4. Why does Umm Hamida consult Radwan Hussainy about Salim Alwan's offer?
(a) Their family always relies on his advice.
(b) Radwan Hussainy is a relative.
(c) Radwan Hussainy is paid for his advice.
(d) Their family has no other man to consult.

5. How does Hamida respond to Abbas' words of love?
(a) Abbas' words of love please her vanity, but not her heart.
(b) Abbas' words cause her to fall in love.
(c) Abbas' words make her angry.
(d) Hamida has no interest in Abbas' words.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Kirsha say the neighbors gossip about him?

2. Why do patients accept Dr. Booshy's painful cures?

3. What do his jealous friends call Hussain Kirsha?

4. What do Hussain Kirsha's modern friends have that he envies?

5. What is Mrs. Kirsha's personality when she visits Radwan Hussainy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Radwan Hussainy promise Abbas will happen if he returns to work and forgets about Hamida?

2. When Kirsha shows anger toward Sheikh Darwish, he appeals to Zainab. Who is she and why does Sheikh Darwish pray to her?

3. What does Hamida hope when the handsome stranger first talks to her - a hope that is the exact opposite of what she says?

4. How does Radwan Hussainy feel about boredom?

5. Why does Salim Alwan envy those who die of a heart attack?

6. How does Radwan Hussainy behave toward his wife that is in contrast to his treatment of all others?

7. Why does Ibrahim Faraj refrain from having sex with Hamida?

8. Why does Zaita claim that the best doctors in Egypt don't have the skill that he does?

9. Why does Dr. Booshy suffer when he goes with Zaita to rob graves?

10. How could Salim Alwan earn the respected title of "bey?"

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