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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. Who should leave the marketplace empty handed?

2. What do people do for fear they will need them tomorrow?

3. Almustafa says that work helps one keep pace with the _________ of the earth.

4. Marriage should never what?

5. Who does not have a useful gift to sell?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Almustafa think about crime and punishment?

2. What does work help one to do, according to Almustafa?

3. Who is the seer that understands the answer to Almustafa's longing for his homeland?

4. To those who view life as a rock, what does Almustafa say?

5. What does Almustafa say in the debate between whether joy or sorrow is greater?

6. How does Almustafa describe what people call freedom?

7. What does Almustafa say to Almitra about marriage?

8. What is the one thing that Almustafa can not speak?

9. What does Almustafa use as examples of personal space in relation to love?

10. What four things has Almustafa been to the people of Orphalese?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

It is better to give things unasked, according to Almustafa. What does this mean? Give three examples of things that can happen if you give of yourself without being asked? Is this a realistic way of living? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

When Almustafa says that children are not from their parents, but of them, what do you think this means? What do you think happens when parents think of their children as someone that comes from them? Cite some examples of what parents who don't follow Almustafa's idea about children might do. How do you think this affects the child?

Essay Topic 3

Almustafa is heading on a journey to another world, it seems, as evidenced by the beginning of the story. The journey can be seen as both symbolic and literal. What do you think this journey represents and why? Is Almustafa the only person who can go on this journey or is this a universal journey? What would you do if you were going on this journey?

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