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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Hosny Allam.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Amer visit that Sarhan appears?
(a) A Gentleman's club.
(b) The race tracks.
(c) Trianon.
(d) The French Bistro.

2. What pervades the group that gathers to listen to Umm Kulthum?
(a) Hostility.
(b) Aloofness.
(c) Fear.
(d) Congeniality.

3. What business advice does Hosny receive?
(a) To buy out a foreigner looking to flee Egypt.
(b) To put his money in Cairo, not Alexandria.
(c) To invest in the United States.
(d) To invest in China.

4. Why are Sarhan and a drunken Hosny fighting?
(a) Hosny insults Sarhan's mother.
(b) Hosny tried to rape Zohra.
(c) Sarhan tried to rape Zohra.
(d) Sarhan insults Hosny's sister.

5. What increases Hosny's hatred?
(a) Sarhan's superior attitude.
(b) Encounters with old people.
(c) Encounters with young people.
(d) Amer's solicitous questions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mariana evict?

2. How does Tolba anger Hosny?

3. Who does Hosny meet that he thinks would be worth marrying?

4. What does Zohra think about Tolba's request for a massage.

5. What is Amer's concern about Zohra?

(see the answer key)

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