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

5. Where does Hosny pick up a girl?
(a) Metro Einema.
(b) The Cecil Hotel.
(c) The Corniche.
(d) The Trianon.

6. How old is Amer Wagdi when he returns to his old residence?
(a) 69.
(b) 80.
(c) 44.
(d) 58.

7. What is Amer's concern about Zohra?
(a) That she won't catch on quickly enough to her duties.
(b) That her family may try to take her home.
(c) That she may be pregnant.
(d) That she is ill.

8. What is the bond between Amer and Mansour?
(a) Sports.
(b) History.
(c) Art.
(d) Science.

9. Who has a monthly radio concert?
(a) Umm Kuthum.
(b) Mansour Bahy.
(c) Hosny Allam.
(d) Sarhan al-Beheiry.

10. What do Amer and Mariana compare?
(a) Their complaints about aging.
(b) The cost of living from when they were younger to now.
(c) The number and success of their grandchildren.
(d) The way the house used to be compared to now.

11. How does Tolba anger Hosny?
(a) By insinuating that Hosny would never have Zohra.
(b) By insinuating that he and Zohra have had sex.
(c) By speaking well of Sarhan.
(d) By flirting with Zohra.

12. About what does Amer warn Zohra?
(a) Mansour's intentions.
(b) Tolba's mistrust of her.
(c) Sarhan's intentions.
(d) The regular checks by the city police.

13. What does Wagdi recall?
(a) The birth of his son.
(b) The death of his wife.
(c) All the things he should have recorded in memoirs concerning his late master.
(d) The time his mother sat up with him all night and talked.

14. What does Amer wish about one mistake he made?
(a) He had badly injured someone.
(b) It had not precluded his having offspring.
(c) It had ended his marriage.
(d) It had gotten him into a bad marriage.

15. Who does Hosny feel is beneath him socially?
(a) Just Sarhan.
(b) Amer, Tolba and Sarhan.
(c) Just Amer.
(d) No one.