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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 Mansour confess to Doreya?
(a) That he refused to testify for Fawzi.
(b) That he is in love with Doreya's sister.
(c) That he betrayed Fawzi.
(d) His love for her.

2. What does Mansour do to Sarhan?
(a) Hits him at a motel in Cairo.
(b) Breaks his nose in a deserted hallway at the Miramar.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Kicks him to death while Sarhan is unconscious.

3. What does Amer think about faith and doubt?
(a) They are paradoxical but actually the same thing.
(b) They are inseparable.
(c) He does not mention faith and doubt.
(d) They are opposite poles that can not exist together.

4. With whom would Sarhan wish to listen to the Umm Kulthum's concert?
(a) Ali or Rafat.
(b) Mahmoud.
(c) No one.
(d) Safeya.

5. Of what does Mansour think longingly while visiting with Fawzi?
(a) His ex-fiance.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Zohra.
(d) Doreya.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sarhan do to later explain the sudden fortune he expects?

2. What does Mansour try to do while Zohra is making his bed?

3. For what does Zohra seem to long?

4. Who does Mariana thwart from interacting with Zohra?

5. What does Sarhan declare the first time Zohra brings him tea?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Sarhan tries to kiss Zohra for the first time, and what is Zohra's reaction?

2. Describe Mansour's version of the altercation in the hallway between an unknown woman, Zohra and Sarhan.

3. What does Sarhan say about Mariana when he asks to rent a room and how does Zohra act when she sees him at the Miramar?

4. Describe the fight with Safeya, Zohra and Sarhan from Sarhan's perspective.

5. When does Sarhan first see Zohra and what does he do?

6. Why is Mansour at the Miramar and how does he feel about that?

7. How does Mahmoud inadvertently give Sarhan an excuse to move out of living with Safeya, and what does he say about marriage?

8. What are Mansour's first impressions of some of the boarders at the Miramar?

9. What are Ali and Sarhan's plans to gain money?

10. What are Sarhan's quick impressions of Hosny and Mansour?

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