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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Sarhan al-Beheiry.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Sarhan and Safeya do in Mahmoud's presence?
(a) Pretend to already be married.
(b) Declare their intent to separate.
(c) Have a terrible fight.
(d) Declare their intent to marry.

2. For what does Zohra seem to long?
(a) Affection.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Truth.
(d) Education.

3. What does Hosny think of Mansour?
(a) That he is ugly.
(b) That he is untrustworthy.
(c) That he is very smart.
(d) That he is diffident.

4. What does Sarhan declare the first time Zohra brings him tea?
(a) That he loves a woman named Safeya.
(b) That he will never marry.
(c) That he loves her.
(d) That he is engaged.

5. Who does Amer say opens the way through eloquence for the current generation of engineers and economists?
(a) The generation midway between Amer's and Sarhan's.
(b) No one could open the way for the engineers and economists who have lost their soul.
(c) His generation.
(d) The last ten generations.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who leaves before Umm Kulthum's concert is over?

2. What does Hosny do one rainy morning with Zohra's teacher?

3. What happens when Sarhan is with Zohara?

4. What does Hosny appear to be?

5. From whom does Zohra turn down a marriage proposal.

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