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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What shocks Isabel in Chapter 5?

2. What is torn down to modernize Egypt?

3. What does the black column in the ancient church that Anna visits represent?

4. What is the mashrabiyya?

5. What would Isabel like to create using Anna's journals?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Anna similar to Amal?

2. How does Isabel react to the events she experiences on her trip to Tawasi?

3. How does Jasmine shock Isabel in Chapter 5?

4. Why does Anna visit Rome in January of 1900?

5. Why are the schools and clinic in Tawasi closed in Chapter 11?

6. Why does Anna have an unhappy marriage with Edward?

7. According to the men at the Atelier 'am Ghazzali, how do the events of the early 20th century affect the political climate of Egypt in the late 20th century?

8. In the early 20th century, how do the roles of men and women differ in Egypt?

9. How does Egyptian culture affect Anna?

10. How is Anna described in Chapter 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the effect colonialism had on Egypt in the early 20th century. Which characters in the novel are proponents of colonialism, and why? Which characters are opponents of colonialism, and why? How do Sharif and Anna attempt to end the British occupation and what is the result of their efforts?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of education in the novel. What roles do gender, politics, and religion have on education? In light of all these factors, where do most upper class Egyptians send their children to school, and why?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the roles of men and women in Egypt in the early 20th century. What physical, economic, and cultural differences existed between Egyptian men and women? How do these differences compare with Western men and women of the same era?

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