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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. With whom did Aziza have recurring problems?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her uncle.
(d) Her brother.

2. What German explorer published ghinnawas?
(a) D. E. Eberhardt Reinhold.
(b) Manfried Siegfried.
(c) J. C. Ewald Falls.
(d) David Reinhardt.

3. In the "Alexandria Quartet," what was a Bedouin youth carrying on his head?
(a) A crate of wild birds.
(b) A bucket of water.
(c) A clay pot.
(d) A wrapped bundle.

4. How many ghinnawas did a German explorer publish?
(a) 100 or so.
(b) 50.
(c) 200 or so.
(d) 89.

5. On page 120, what wild edible green do the children gather?
(a) Cress.
(b) Khubbeza.
(c) Quelite.
(d) Epazote.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many syllables are in ghinnawas?

2. What lake could one smell after crossing a one-lane bridge leading from Alexandria to the desert?

3. What nickname did foreigners give Alexandrian taxis?

4. What was the name of the Haj's first wife?

5. When Lila did her fieldwork, how many of the five core household heads married paternal first cousins?

(see the answer key)

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