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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, The Poetry of Personal Life.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What lake could one smell after crossing a one-lane bridge leading from Alexandria to the desert?
(a) Lake Nasser.
(b) Lake Timsah.
(c) Lake Idku.
(d) Lake Mariut.

2. Where was a young man shot during an altercation between some Bedouin men and a group of Egyptian soldiers riding on a train through a Bedouin area?
(a) In the arm.
(b) In the mouth.
(c) In the back.
(d) In the chest.

3. When Lila did her fieldwork, how many of the five core household heads married paternal first cousins?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

4. What tragedy had a middle-aged wife of a powerful tribal leader experienced two and a half years before she recited a poem to Lila?
(a) Her daughter died.
(b) Lost her only son.
(c) Her husband was killed.
(d) Her brother died.

5. What types of trees surrounded crude structures at the edge of the Western desert?
(a) Olive Trees.
(b) Sycamore trees.
(c) Dwarf fig trees.
(d) Almond Trees.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did God banish Eve after she ate the fruit?

2. How much of the Egyptian population consist of Bedouins of the Western desert when Lila did her fieldwork?

3. What primary emotion is featured in ghinnawas?

4. What part of the body was frequently mentioned in ghinnawas?

5. Where did Adam and Eve meet again after God banished them?

(see the answer key)

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