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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Honor and Poetic Vulnerability.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Lila's host mysteriously absent for a period?
(a) Toward the end of Lila's time in the field.
(b) For six months during the second year of Lila's fieldwork.
(c) For her first two months in the field.
(d) Six months before the end of Lila's fieldwork.

2. Which city was near the mountain where Adam and Eve met again after being banished from the garden by God?
(a) Ar Riyad.
(b) Alexandria.
(c) Cairo.
(d) Mecca.

3. What colors were associated with purity and with men?
(a) Black and red.
(b) Yellow and red.
(c) Blue and white.
(d) White and green.

4. How many days did paternal relatives wail and cry at a camp where an old woman died suddenly?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

5. What beach is mentioned in the "Alexandria Quartet?"
(a) Bourg El Arab.
(b) Na'ama.
(c) Hurghada.
(d) Makadi.

Short Answer Questions

1. In a story about the creation of Adam and Eve, what instrument was the Devil playing?

2. Who gave the Awlad 'Ali rights to land in the Western desert in the nineteenth century?

3. What pious activity was forbidden to menstruating women?

4. What were women said to fear?

5. How frequent were droughts in Awlad 'Ali territory?

(see the answer key)

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