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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. Who does Sarhan get interested in marrying after learning her family has money?
(a) Safeya.
(b) Rafatya.
(c) No one.
(d) Aleya.

2. What does Mansour try to do while Zohra is making his bed?
(a) Nap in the chair.
(b) Unpack his suitcase.
(c) Grope her.
(d) Be sociable.

3. Why is Mansour bitter?
(a) That his mother tells him he is too ugly to marry well.
(b) That his fiance runs away and marries someone else.
(c) That his brother arranges for him to live in Miramar Pension.
(d) That he has a dead end job.

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

5. About what do Mansour and Fawzi banter?
(a) Mansour's new home.
(b) Mansour leaving the party.
(c) Mansour's fiance who becomes pregnant by another man.
(d) Mansour's ex-wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mansour "dismiss" in his mind Amer and Tolba?

2. Where do Mansour and Doreya next meet?

3. What does Mariana do when Sarhan asks to rent a room?

4. What does Sarhan say he and Zohra have in common?

5. What angers Mansour about both himself and Sarhan?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mansour react to Sarhan's announcement that he intends to marry Aleya?

2. What does Sarhan do the first time Zohra delivers tea to his room and how do the two interact over the next several days?

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 Sarhan's encounter with Tolba on the street.

5. How does Sarhan's relationship with Aleya develop?

6. What is Mansour's further impression of Zohra and how does he feel towards her?

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

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

9. Summarize Mansour's analysis of the time the boarders spend together the night of the Umm Kulthum concert.

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

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